[161939] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: alexandria cable cutters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Latham)
Thu Mar 28 16:50:31 2013
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:50:21 -0400
From: Andrew Latham <lathama@gmail.com>
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Christopher Morrow
<morrowc.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:46 AM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
>> nyt reports capture of scuba divers attempting to cut telecom egypt
>> undersea fiber.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/03/27/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-internet.html
>
> how likely is it that a diver can cut an armored cable close to shore?
> without using explosives I mean...
Its quite easy with a Thermal Lance...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_lance
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