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by mark-r 3567 days ago
Certainly the internet transcends national boundaries. But ask yourself the question, whose economy is most vulnerable to a disruption to the internet? How much of B2B commerce today relies on the internet? At a time of war, doing damage to the enemy's economy and way of life from thousands of miles away with no risk to people or equipment is a pretty powerful capability.

China in particular has been building their own parallel internet universe. If Google goes down, most of us are going to feel it - but not China.