India, Nov. 6 -- In response to escalating geopolitical competition and heightened security concerns across the Asia-Pacific region, the United States military has expanded its cyber defense infrastructure to protect critical digital pathways, most notably transoceanic undersea cable networks.

The expansion involves the deployment of specialised personnel and operational concepts, such as the integration of Cyber Defense Forces into the Pacific theater, to safeguard vital telecommunications lines that underpin military command, control, and global commerce. With the vast majority of international voice, data, and internet traffic traversing fibre-optic lines resting on the ocean floor, security officials have increasingly viewed these ne...