Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 1
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Acknowledged
The UK’s strategic reliance on subsea cables will likely continue for the foreseeable future.
Conclusion
The UK’s strategic reliance on subsea cables will likely continue for the foreseeable future. The cable industry provides a commendable and commercially efficient repair service, which ensures good resilience against moderate damage. We do not believe there is an imminent threat to the UK’s national connectivity. (Conclusion, Paragraph 14) Threat picture
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees on the importance of updated risk scenarios and commits to considering how to best update reasonable worst-case scenarios within national risk assessments to reflect the possibility of coordinated sabotage on subsea and terrestrial internet infrastructure.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 18 December 2025. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗