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Britain has ONE ship to repair the undersea cables Russia is accused of spying on, and it retires in 2030

Britain has ONE ship to repair the undersea cables Russia is accused of spying on, and it retires in 2030

The CS Sovereign, the only British-flagged vessel dedicated to cable repair, is nearing retirement after more than three decades at sea. Labour admitted on Thursday that Whitehall has no emergency powers to handle incidents hitting undersea infrastructure. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp warned the 'danger to our country is NOW'. One former security official put it bluntly: 'Time is running out.'

Analysis found more than 500 cases of Russian trawlers loitering above vital cables.

A Nato source: 'Some of these ships have never seen a single fish on their deck.'

MPs blasted the 'shockingly low availability' of Royal Navy submarines and warships.

MoreBBC News - PoliticsUK plans emergency powers to protect undersea cablesiNewsPutin has become increasingly brazen at sea. Where the UK is vulnerableCBS News"Glaring gaps" in U.K.'s Arctic defense leave it and NATO open to Russian attacks, British lawmakers sayGB NewsBritain only has one vessel capable of repairing crucial undersea cables threatened by RussiaThe TelegraphBritain has only one ship to repair cables threatened by RussiaYahoo News UKRussia sending fishing trawlers to spy on Britain’s undersea cablesIrish IndependentRussia is sending fishing boats to ‘spy on Britain’s critical undersea cables’
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