Can we back up a bit? There is no single transatlantic cable. While each cable does carry a staggering amount of data, there's dozens across the Atlantic and hundreds around the world. This is a simplified version of the actual paths:
https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
Cutting one would be an annoyance but nowhere near "trillions of dollars" in damage. Most of the data would get shifted to other cables. Few weeks to get a ship and repair it. Cable owner is out a few million. Sucks but it happens.
If you're cutting multiple cables, you need a ton of logistics. You can't cut them one by one and get a lot of them because you'd draw a ton of attention when it became clear more than one was cut. By the third or fourth cable you'd have calls for the Navy to get involved. And remember (almost) every cable is a multinational collaberation since they usually land in a different country than they started.
If you are saying the October surprise is that a navy, or even the US Navy, is going to sever a whole bunch of cables and blame it on Russia... You'd either have it blown wide open real quick because thiusands of sailors keeping a secret like that is dubious to me, or you'd have naval assets hunting other naval assets. None of those scenarios would play out to make people want Dems in office imo.
Also helps to compare why targeting a natural gas pipeline was a big deal. Fewer of them, more financial costs, harder repair, etc. One and done. If a data cable was cut and nobody took credit for the attack, it wouldn't even make the news.
https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
Cutting one would be an annoyance but nowhere near "trillions of dollars" in damage. Most of the data would get shifted to other cables. Few weeks to get a ship and repair it. Cable owner is out a few million. Sucks but it happens.
If you're cutting multiple cables, you need a ton of logistics. You can't cut them one by one and get a lot of them because you'd draw a ton of attention when it became clear more than one was cut. By the third or fourth cable you'd have calls for the Navy to get involved. And remember (almost) every cable is a multinational collaberation since they usually land in a different country than they started.
If you are saying the October surprise is that a navy, or even the US Navy, is going to sever a whole bunch of cables and blame it on Russia... You'd either have it blown wide open real quick because thiusands of sailors keeping a secret like that is dubious to me, or you'd have naval assets hunting other naval assets. None of those scenarios would play out to make people want Dems in office imo.
Also helps to compare why targeting a natural gas pipeline was a big deal. Fewer of them, more financial costs, harder repair, etc. One and done. If a data cable was cut and nobody took credit for the attack, it wouldn't even make the news.