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Red Sea submarine cables
Red Sea15.60°N 41.70°E
computed criticality28/100
reading
≈16% of Asia-Europe Internet traffic in a corridor a few km wide
2024Fault line
About fifteen cables link Asia to Europe through a narrow chokepoint that doubles Bab-el-Mandeb. The 2024 cuts (AAE-1, SEACOM, EIG) degraded connectivity across three continents.
Sources
TeleGeography, Submarine Cable Report 2024