Maintenance in progress

a chinese research vessel was observed holding position directly above the undersea cable linking taiwan, the philippines and the united states, and a separate report warned of rising attack risk to submarine cables across australia and the indo-pacific. separately, hundreds of ships have sat motionless because of the hormuz closure long enough that marine organisms have colonized their hulls, creating an invasive-species vector when traffic resumes. the same shutdown that halted commerce quietly created a biological one.

maritime tracking and indo-pacific defense analysis