Cable Security & Geopolitics

While the internet routes around failure, physical choke points remain. The Red Sea, the Malacca Strait, and the Suez Canal represent massive single points of failure for global connectivity.

Physical Choke Points

Because cables are expensive to lay and must land at powered facilities, they naturally aggregate. If a ship drops an anchor in the Red Sea, it can sever four distinct cable systems simultaneously, instantly degrading traffic between Europe and Asia by 40%.

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