This will do far more harm to the locals than anyone else. I bet you those cables are primarily for accessing internet in other parts of the globe, not the globe connecting into the Red Sea cables.
As the article mentions, these are inter-continent cables. They can disrupt quite a bit more than just locals' internet connections.
https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ for some details
Would definitely have significant impact, but it's not like they can just toss on some scuba gear and cut it with a knife.
I mean, they just have to lower an explosive near them and then detonate it.
This really isn't unusually difficult for terrorists.
i’m not positive that would do it. i know nothing about the physics of an explosive detonating on the sea floor, but the very term “cable” is a bit misleading. these things are seriously thick and intended to last for over 25 years in the corrosive undersea environment.
It's the main route between southern Europe and Asia
“We could do what?!”
Honestly I’m surprised they haven’t tried anything with that yet.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Telecom firms linked to the UN-recognised Yemen government said on Sunday they fear Houthi rebels are planning to sabotage a network of submarine cables in the Red Sea critical to the functioning of the western internet, and to the transmission of financial data.
The warning came after a Houthi-linked Telegram channel published a map of the cables running along the bed of the Red Sea.
In a statement, Yemen’s General Telecommunications Corporation condemned the threats of the Houthi terrorist militia to target international submarine cables.
It warned as many as 16 of these submarine cables – which are often no thicker than a hosepipe and are vulnerable to damage from ships’ anchors and earthquakes – pass through the Red Sea towards Egypt.
It added “the Houthis have maintained the capability to harass surface shipping through missiles and fast-attack craft but lack the submersibles necessary to reach the cables”.
Instead of escalation and igniting a new front in the region, America and Britain should submit to international public opinion, which demands an immediate halt to the Israeli aggression, lift the siege on Gaza, and stop protecting Israel at the expense of the Palestinian people.”
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Are these the same 'Seas People' who brought about the Bronze Age Collapse?
I would assume that it would turn off their Internet completely... except for Elon musk Internet which is American and they can't touch it?....go ahead!? More jobs for the rest of us I guess.
so the internet routes around that part of the world and they get even more cut off from reality. no one is going to fix those cables if that happens.
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