Musk's Starlink Is Building An Orbital Bypass As Undersea Cable Sabotage Threats Mount

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Musk's Starlink Is Building An Orbital Bypass As Undersea Cable Sabotage Threats Mount Undersea telecom cables are critical civilian infrastructure and are increasingly under threat . The wars in Ukraine and Iran have shown how civilian infrastructure can become easy targets. On Friday, the Financial Times , citing maritime intelligence firm Windward, reported that several Iran-linked vessels slowed or lingered over cable routes in the Gulf of Oman as cable-cutting threats rise. For Gulf-allied states, the challenge is both to protect the cables from sabotage and to keep data centers humming…

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