http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-faster-trans-pacific/29155... http://9to5google.com/2016/06/29/faster-cable-system-google/ http://subtelforum.com/articles/google-faster-cable-system-is-ready-for-serv... Cables are generally not end to end encrypted, nor do transit buyers do so... just what tapping fun trails behind the cable ships at 1000m, and what secret deals can be heard with spy mics in the boardroom. http://www.ijcte.org/vol7/929-AC0006.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOFAR_channel http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/28/politics/russian-submarine-expansion-atlan... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221003490_Node_pattern_simulation_o... http://www.mit.edu/~millitsa/resources/pdfs/royal.pdf http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2016/06/chinas-seaweb-undersea-surveillance.h... http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2069325-china-is-building-an-underwater-grea... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-07/china-pushes-plan-for-ocea... https://builtvisible.com/messages-in-the-deep/ For the nodules :)