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Houthis may sabotage western internet cables in Red Sea, Yemen telecoms firms warn
The Guardian ^ | 2-5-24 | Patrick Wintour

Posted on 02/05/2024 12:12:52 PM PST by dynachrome

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To: Reverend Wright
Globohomo has built in so many points of failure, it is just amazing !

Isn't it nice to know that 17% of world telecom traffic depends on "Yemen Telecom?"

Its a bit like finding out that 30% of our cancer drugs come from "Somalia Health and Wellness Inc"

21 posted on 02/05/2024 12:53:07 PM PST by PGR88
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To: wildcard_redneck

The satellites will be first to go.


22 posted on 02/05/2024 12:54:14 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Meant NATO, not BATO.


23 posted on 02/05/2024 12:54:20 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: wildcard_redneck
If BATO and the US goes to war with Russia directly, expect many, many undersea data cables to be cut.

First the satellites will be taken down. Everyone will be blind, but Russia (and China) will be operating on their home turf.

24 posted on 02/05/2024 12:55:26 PM PST by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

I hope you are being facetious..

Many of the invaders from the south are setting up Sleeper Cells to do just that, and more.


25 posted on 02/05/2024 1:22:33 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

If BATO and the US goes to war with Russia directly, expect many, many undersea data cables to be cut.

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By both sides.


26 posted on 02/05/2024 1:24:33 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

>>Drag an anchor across the bottom at night.

The cables are probably plowed into the bottom and may also be armored to protect against anchor damage.

So you need to drag a plow with a cutting blade instead of an anchor. The cable may not need to be cut. Bending and stretching are not good for optical fibers inside the cable.

Note that all this undersea cable infrastructure is there due to politics and economics. There are no right of ways to be acquired and no transit fees to be paid when the seafloor is used instead of terrestrial routes.


27 posted on 02/05/2024 1:27:01 PM PST by FarCenter
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To: dynachrome

You mean Brandon’s attack an then wait approach didn’t work.


28 posted on 02/05/2024 1:27:53 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: dynachrome

You mean Brandon’s attack an then wait approach didn’t work.


29 posted on 02/05/2024 1:28:27 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: dynachrome

I thought President Retard was supposed to take care of this


30 posted on 02/05/2024 1:44:38 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Freedumb

Can’t do that if we properly incinerate them.


31 posted on 02/05/2024 2:34:02 PM PST by Republican in occupied CA (We had enough government in 1789)
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To: BenLurkin

“Don’t “


32 posted on 02/05/2024 3:25:19 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: dynachrome

Houthis have submarines?


33 posted on 02/05/2024 7:19:23 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I figure the reporter just didn’t want to attribute such an effort to Iran.


34 posted on 02/05/2024 7:21:37 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: dynachrome

From this time last year:

...”On the other side of the world, Moscow’s new Chinese allies are showing the same kind of interest in the undersea cables that run to Taiwan. Two of those cables were recently cut by Chinese vessels. The Chinese appear to be billing the actions as “accidents”. There is a strong suspicion that the actions were a dry run for a much broader attack on communication with Taiwan.

On February 2, 2023, a Chinese fishing vessel sailing close to the Matsu Islands severed one of the two cables, which connect the islands with Taiwan proper. Six days later, a Chinese freighter cut the second cable. The Matsu Islands, which belong to Taiwan, are now left with rudimentary communications.”...

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35 posted on 02/05/2024 7:23:03 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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