[161943] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: alexandria cable cutters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joel jaeggli)
Thu Mar 28 17:20:53 2013
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:17:52 -0700
From: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Andrew Latham <lathama@gmail.com>,
Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+qj4S8bX10q4A9BgSLOi_FpsFvx76-ga_zeFbXP3GdydP-fJQ@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 3/28/13 1:50 PM, Andrew Latham wrote:
> 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
>
The oil services industry has rather frequent application for cutting
metal objects under-water.
http://www.csunitec.com/saws/reciprocating_hydraulic.html
