The internet depends on undersea cables, and Jiang warns that conflict near Iran could cut cables and disrupt internet access for 20 to 30 percent of the world, with major effects on finance and the cloud economy.
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Undersea cables
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...would be a major escalation, is it can actually cut the undersea's cables that power the Internet, right? If you did that. You know,..."
Key Notes
He says Iran could escalate more decisively by cutting undersea internet cables in or near the Strait of Hormuz, causing a global connectivity and banking crisis without directly attacking Israel or regional data centers.
He defines three vectors of American power as control of the reserve currency and global finance, maritime trade routes, and critical IT infrastructure such as GPS and undersea fiber-optic systems.
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"...would be a major escalation, is it can actually cut the undersea's cables that power the Internet, right? If you did that. You know,..."
"...then, boom, the Internet is there. No, actually, the Internet is undersea's cables that connect the entire world. And unfortunately, there's a war going..."
"a war going on, and a circle moves, some cables get cut off, and then, suddenly, you've lost Internet access. And this would, basically,..."
"Okay. So I think it's very important that we look at the national security strategy, which just came out this week. And if you..."
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