Can we now send grandpa Buff there or will we still play whack a mole with their arsenals?
Want this to be effective? Block their ports, bomb their infrastructure, have saudis and Yemeni government block their borders and turn the place into chaotic wasteland. Start to treat it like a war and not piracy problem. Doesn’t matter that we an destroy 60% of their weapons if they can simply replace it with stuff from Iran.
The source says nothing about “over months” nor does it name the companies that own the cables in such an indecisive/unsure fashion.
Edit: scratched a misinterpreted statement about the severity of the damage.
Is Iran trying to unite the US, China, and Europe against a common cause? Seems like no one is going to be happy shutting down important shipping lanes and messing with internet cables.
Wondering when China gets off their ass and does something though. They rely on over seas exports and imports a lot more than the Americans do.
Looks like the attack happened Saturday and overall hasn’t had much of an impact. Relax you’ll still get your Hentai.
*The outage appears to have had little impact on international internet traffic to South Africa, probably because new cable systems, including Google’s newly launched Equiano system, now provide a secondary, high-capacity route to Europe along Africa’s west coast.*
*Earlier this month, TechCentral reported that the threat by Houthi rebels in Yemen to destroy internet infrastructure in the Red Sea, if carried out, might not be enough to destabilise the internet in Africa.*
*The Guardian and other news outlets reported at the time that telecommunications firms linked to the Yemeni government feared that Houthi rebels off the coast were threatening to destroy undersea cable infrastructure connecting parts of the Middle East, Africa and much of Asia to the Western world.*
Previously supportive TikTok college kids have now issued a fatwah against the Houthis for this war crime. /s
Welp–there goes app my Iranian p0rn.
But seriously, I don’t think the U.S. will bat an eye here. Shipping, yes. Furries, not so much.
Are we talking internet cables? Just how bad did they fuck things up?
It’s Iran doing Russia homework. The west should be blocking their ports and combing everything that looks military. Appeasement is a stupid strategy
Shipping is one thing. They knock out people’s internet and their ability to watch porn and that’s how world wars are started.
This is getting to the point where if Nato decides to launch a full-scale invasion into Yemen so these guys can find out I’d be more and more behind that.
That’ll show Israel /s
The Europeans and Asians need to step up on this, not America. America’s trade and communications are not dependent on this choke point .
Okay, the Houthis knocked out deep sea cables. Let me think about this for a second…. Iran knocked out deep sea cables with the help of its scape goat the Houthis.
Houthis and iran really need to be taught what not to fuck with
Im sorry for Yemen, but its time for an international coalition to crush the Houthis
Hey! You can mess with my global supply chain but don’t you screw with my gaming connection! Nuke ‘em boys!
You motherfucker Islamists turban ass, wife beating fucks so that why the Vietnamese internet is getting shit…too much traffic now.
I was waiting for this. This is how you destroy yourselves. Shipping is one yhing but underwater cables? Thats a whole notha can of worms
Do these tusken raiders have the ability or technology to knock out underwater cables? Or is it Iran?
These rag tag terrorists sure seem to be very knowledgeable and well equipped
I was an Expat living in Cairo, Egypt ~2012. The internet crapped out for nearly a month because the central, uh, hub/server building caught fire.
But being the Middle East and all the politics, rumors began to form that the under-sea cable in the Red Sea had been cut by Jewish scuba divers.
I just had to chuckle. Of course superstitious Egyptians would prefer it to be Israeli saboteurs. (not to make light of the complexity of Palestine and Israel history)
I wondered why my spam emails had reduced recently
These are the guys with “A curse upon the Jews” literally written on their flag, right?
So backwards…
These mf’s need to go.
So whats the actual effect of this? Will this actually do any harm economically, or is this the equivalent of the Houthis putting a wet finger in your ear?
I truly do not understand what the Houthis think they are accomplishing…. A Nato backed response would be devastating to them.
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How long are we going to pretend this isn’t Iran
Messing with my internet is crossing the line!
Oh nors, aliexpress gonna suffer
Can we now send grandpa Buff there or will we still play whack a mole with their arsenals?
Want this to be effective? Block their ports, bomb their infrastructure, have saudis and Yemeni government block their borders and turn the place into chaotic wasteland. Start to treat it like a war and not piracy problem. Doesn’t matter that we an destroy 60% of their weapons if they can simply replace it with stuff from Iran.
This is bad.
Really, this is a war declaration.
Are there any confirmed outages?
This article is garbage.
The source article (in Hebrew) is here: https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001472129
Google translate link to English: https://www-globes-co-il.translate.goog/news/article.aspx?did=1001472129&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
The source says nothing about “over months” nor does it name the companies that own the cables in such an indecisive/unsure fashion.
Edit: scratched a misinterpreted statement about the severity of the damage.
Is Iran trying to unite the US, China, and Europe against a common cause? Seems like no one is going to be happy shutting down important shipping lanes and messing with internet cables.
Wondering when China gets off their ass and does something though. They rely on over seas exports and imports a lot more than the Americans do.
Looks like the attack happened Saturday and overall hasn’t had much of an impact. Relax you’ll still get your Hentai.
*The outage appears to have had little impact on international internet traffic to South Africa, probably because new cable systems, including Google’s newly launched Equiano system, now provide a secondary, high-capacity route to Europe along Africa’s west coast.*
*Earlier this month, TechCentral reported that the threat by Houthi rebels in Yemen to destroy internet infrastructure in the Red Sea, if carried out, might not be enough to destabilise the internet in Africa.*
*The Guardian and other news outlets reported at the time that telecommunications firms linked to the Yemeni government feared that Houthi rebels off the coast were threatening to destroy undersea cable infrastructure connecting parts of the Middle East, Africa and much of Asia to the Western world.*
[*https://techcentral.co.za/seacom-is-down-in-the-red-sea/240276/*](https://techcentral.co.za/seacom-is-down-in-the-red-sea/240276/)
When you go after internet gamers
Previously supportive TikTok college kids have now issued a fatwah against the Houthis for this war crime. /s
Welp–there goes app my Iranian p0rn.
But seriously, I don’t think the U.S. will bat an eye here. Shipping, yes. Furries, not so much.
Are we talking internet cables? Just how bad did they fuck things up?
It’s Iran doing Russia homework. The west should be blocking their ports and combing everything that looks military. Appeasement is a stupid strategy
Shipping is one thing. They knock out people’s internet and their ability to watch porn and that’s how world wars are started.
This is getting to the point where if Nato decides to launch a full-scale invasion into Yemen so these guys can find out I’d be more and more behind that.
That’ll show Israel /s
The Europeans and Asians need to step up on this, not America. America’s trade and communications are not dependent on this choke point .
Okay, the Houthis knocked out deep sea cables. Let me think about this for a second…. Iran knocked out deep sea cables with the help of its scape goat the Houthis.
Houthis and iran really need to be taught what not to fuck with
Im sorry for Yemen, but its time for an international coalition to crush the Houthis
Hey! You can mess with my global supply chain but don’t you screw with my gaming connection! Nuke ‘em boys!
You motherfucker Islamists turban ass, wife beating fucks so that why the Vietnamese internet is getting shit…too much traffic now.
I was waiting for this. This is how you destroy yourselves. Shipping is one yhing but underwater cables? Thats a whole notha can of worms
Do these tusken raiders have the ability or technology to knock out underwater cables? Or is it Iran?
These rag tag terrorists sure seem to be very knowledgeable and well equipped
I was an Expat living in Cairo, Egypt ~2012. The internet crapped out for nearly a month because the central, uh, hub/server building caught fire.
But being the Middle East and all the politics, rumors began to form that the under-sea cable in the Red Sea had been cut by Jewish scuba divers.
I just had to chuckle. Of course superstitious Egyptians would prefer it to be Israeli saboteurs. (not to make light of the complexity of Palestine and Israel history)
I wondered why my spam emails had reduced recently
These are the guys with “A curse upon the Jews” literally written on their flag, right?
So backwards…
These mf’s need to go.
So whats the actual effect of this? Will this actually do any harm economically, or is this the equivalent of the Houthis putting a wet finger in your ear?
I truly do not understand what the Houthis think they are accomplishing…. A Nato backed response would be devastating to them.
Why do these Houthi thugs still exist?
Are we sure this was the Houthis?