Australia claims that the project, which Alphabet's Google supports, will increase its digital resilience by connecting the northern garrison city of Darwin to the Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island by undersea cable. With only 1,250 residents, Christmas Island lies 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) west of the Australian mainland and is well situated in the Indian Ocean, 350 kilometres (215 miles) from Jakarta.
Australia claims that the project, which Alphabet's Google supports, will increase its digital resilience by connecting the northern garrison city of Darwin to the Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island by undersea cable. With only 1,250 residents, Christmas Island lies 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) west of the Australian mainland and is well situated in the Indian Ocean, 350 kilometres (215 miles) from Jakarta.