That's why, when conflict in imminent, intelligence officers on the ground in enemy areas buy, rent, steal backhoes.
Then they cut long sections of the enemy's fiber optics, coax and twisted pair copper. Then we target any repair crews. As soon as we force them up on the air, we got’em!
We are on the same page.....
Best ever example, that I know of, was our subs splicing in a monitoring device in a Commrade Naval installation undersea cable....
Then going back on a regular basis to download the info...years worth.
Balls and know how to do something like that.......and One weasel to give it up.....they would have never known.
I hate spies.