Oceans Flashcards
1
Q
Ships anchor
A
2008
Effecting Middle East and India communications
75 million limited access
Ship mooring off in Egypt in bad weather
2
Q
Russia sabotaging
A
2023
Punish western nations for supporting Ukraine
Disrupting western life
NATO increased patrol ships in north and Baltic Sea
3
Q
First telegraph
A
Send morse code messages
Laid on Atlantic floor mid 1800s
4
Q
Coaxial cables
A
1950
Carrying telephone conversations
5
Q
Fibre optic cables
A
1990s analogue cables replaced with fibre optic cables
Which carry huge amount of digital data in light form
6
Q
Microsoft and Facebook cable
A
Constructed in 2018
6600km highest capacity ever Atlantic cable
Linking USA, Europe, Africa, Middle East
