Sunil Tagare Profile picture Sunil Tagare @tagaresunil Feb 25 • 10 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X 3 submarine cables cut in the Red Sea between Jeddah and Djibouti. AAE-1, EIG and SEACOM/TGN-Eurasia are down. Note: Authorities looking at potential terror link. Confirmed: Submarine cables cut by Houthis in Yemen waters. To repair the cables, need permission from Yemen to enter their waters Insurance companies have canceled insurance for cable ships to ply in Yemen waters No maintenance cable ships willing to do repairs Cable ships cost $60-&100 million each. Who will take the risk? Submarine cables getting cut is not scary. What is scary is there is no timeline when they could be restored in the Red Sea. Finally press is waking up and writing about this

Houthis Hit Underwater Communications Cables Houthi rebels have damaged four major submarine communication cables in the Red Sea, causing significant disruptions between Europe and Asia https://subtelforum.com/houthis-hit-underwater-communications-cables/ And one more

Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia - report The successful targeting of the four cables, which are believed to belong to the AAE-1, Seacom, EIG, and TGN systems, marks a serious disruption of communications between Europe and Asia. https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-788888 All of a sudden every reporter is focused on who cut the cables off of Yemen. The real concern should be how to repair them. I do not see a solution until this war is over.