On February 18, 2024, Houthi forces in Yemen fired two ballistic missiles at the MV Rubymar, a Belize flagged, British owned, bulk carrier cargo ship. The crew dropped anchor and evacuated, but the ship began to drift. Six days later it crossed the path of three intercontinental submarine data cables—the Europe India Gateway (EIG), TGN-Eurasia and Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1).
Fiber Optics and the Hidden Politics of Connectivity
