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On the Dutch continental shelf, there are about 2,796 miles of pipeline and 3,728 miles of cable. The government considers offshore infrastructure essential to the Dutch economy and national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current threats are primarily surface vessels carrying out \u201cundesirable underwater activities,\u201d according to the two officials. The government has assessed that there are presently no unmanned underwater vessels that can conduct sabotage operations in the Dutch-controlled area of the North Sea without the support of a surface vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry plans to buy commercial satellite capacity to track ship movements, including so-called dark vessels that turn off their automatic identification system transponders, until the Netherlands can build up its own satellite assets starting in 2027. 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