Ships loiter near subsea cables amid Iran's warnings to Trump
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海事情报公司Windward于10月追踪到三艘受制裁油轮和一艘伊朗渔船在霍尔木兹海峡附近主要海底电缆上方徘徊。目前有六条活跃电缆经过该海峡，连接中东与欧洲、非洲和亚洲，另有两条电缆在该区域在建。伊拉克、科威特、巴林和卡塔尔四国完全依赖经过该咽喉要道的海底通信连接，印度三分之一的西向互联网流量也经由波斯湾和霍尔木兹海峡。此举可能表明伊朗政府正准备攻击此类海底基
Several tanker ships linked to Iran have been loitering over subsea Internet cables in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz—a possible indication that the Iranian government is preparing to attack such undersea infrastructure in response to any renewed US and Israeli strikes.
The movements of three sanctioned tankers and an Iranian fishing boat have been tracked near major undersea cables by the maritime intelligence firm Windward in October, according to the Financial Times. Six active cables currently cross through the contested Strait of Hormuz, linking the Middle East to Europe, Africa and Asia, with two more cables having segments under construction in the region.
Four countries, including Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, depend entirely upon such subsea telecommunications connections running through the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint to link with the outside world. But other countries also depend heavily on the region's undersea cable network—one third of India’s westbound Internet traffic goes through the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.
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