States and industry responded to repeated cuts and threats to undersea cables near Yemen with a mix of short-term military protection and longer-term regulatory, commercial and engineering measures: naval escorts and guarded repair missions to restore service, diplomatic and. States and industry responded to repeated cuts and threats to undersea cables near Yemen with a mix of short-term military protection and longer-term regulatory, commercial and engineering measures: naval escorts and guarded repair missions to restore service, diplomatic and. Months after the Houthi assaults on commercial sea-faring vessels traversing the Red Sea, the rebels exacerbated pressures on the Western governments by damaging critical sub-sea optic fibre cables near the Yemeni coast. Sub-sea cables are essential global telecommunications infrastructure and. Published Feb 26, 2024 10:16 PM by The Maritime Executive Just weeks after a warning about potential Houthi threats to subsea cables in the Red Sea, at least one fiber-optic line has been severed at a position off the coast of Yemen, and damage has been reported (but not confirmed) on three more. More than a dozen subsea cables pass through it connecting Europe to the Middle East, Africa, and APAC, transporting huge swathes of data traffic. But this choke point presents a risk. Such a threat not only poses a threat to geopolitical stability but could also have a serious impact on global financial markets. Red Sea submarine cables, like any other fiber. Undersea fiber-optic cables serve as not only the economic and communications backbone of much of the civilian world, but for military operations as well.