IranBetween 150 and 200 undersea cables are damaged every year.
Elisabeth Braw says most damage is accidental, but governments now prosecute crews for suspected sabotage.
Iran has sought fees from operators of cables through Hormuz, and the war stalled 3 cable projects there.
“We just know that these incidents were extremely suspicious,” said Braw, an Atlantic Council senior fellow.
Finland has attempted to prosecute 3 senior officers of the Eagle S over the 2024 Baltic cuts.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- uses Braw's book to argue ~60% of cable damage is accidental, then pivots to the rising sabotage risk in war zones
Sources: Ars Technica