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How vulnerable are the cables to physical attack (i.e., drag something heavy and sharp along the ocean floor)?
by mjcohen 16y ago
How vulnerable are the cables to physical attack (i.e., drag something heavy and sharp along the ocean floor)?
- bradly 16y agoThere are about 50 repairs in the Atlantic each year. The cables are damaged by anchors and fishing lines and even things like shark bites and whale entanglements.
- arethuza 16y agoThere is also at least one submarine out there that has probably been modified to access submarine cables: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter_%28SSN-23%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter_%28SSN-23%29
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoI remember Egypt getting cut off as quite a big story here (UK), http://dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18746 http://dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18746 Google it, it seems to happen every few months but most countries have some limited backup. Latest appears to be this one, http://allafrica.com/stories/201007290937.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201007290937.html
- whopa 16y agoThe US tapped an undersea Soviet cable in the 1970s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells