# Ocean-Floor Strategic Domain **Entity class:** Geostrategic concept **Domain:** Defense / Undersea infrastructure **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The ocean floor is a strategic domain containing communications cables, energy infrastructure, sensors, resources, and terrain relevant to national security. ## Mechanism and significance Autonomous undersea systems expand access to this environment while increasing the importance of attribution, persistence, and protection of civilian infrastructure. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems|Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems]] - **Primary fields:** [[Autonomous Weapons]] · [[AI Superpower]] · [[Machine Succession]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Anduril]] · [[Distributed Autonomous System]] · [[Cislunar Frontier]] · [[Autonomous Warfare Combatant Command]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.