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[–] corymbia@reddthat.com 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I can’t believe they just leave a massive interwebs cable just lying on the fucking beach like that. No wonder it got attacked.

(Winky winky btw)

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Most infrastructure in the world is not defended against any attacks. Doing so would cost far too much money. We're talking about thousands of miles of cable.

The best defense is trying to not piss off people by committing Genocide.

There's a lot of Saudi oil refineries right next to Yemen. If bombardments on Yemen get out of hand they still have the option to wreck the world economy.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That is just an image (probably during construction) and the damage seems to be somewhere far out in the ocean anyway.

[–] corymbia@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

Wai-wai-wait! Just an IMAGE?!?!?

You mean….that’s not ACTUALLY a cable and tiny man? I can’t reach into my phone and touch the tiny man?!?!

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Back in the 1970’s (?) the US Navy sent submarines into Soviet Union coastal areas to tap undersea cables. Locating them even at a depth isn’t terribly difficult…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised they don't lay down dozens of decoys if it's all so important.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

If they took the time, energy, and funds to do that it would just make more sense to make redundant lines.