After suspected sabotage of an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea, there are worries that countries could be cut off from the rest of the world with just a few snips.

Cynthia Mehboob from ANU joins John to discuss how vulnerable under sea cables are, and how countries might go about protecting them.

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