Houthi-Sunk Ship’s Anchor Likely Severed Sea Internet Cables
- Rubymar dragged its anchor in Red Sea after missile attack
- Cable operators struggle to plan repairs in a war zone
The Rubymar cargo ship sinks after it was targeted by Yemen's Houthi forces.
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The anchor of a cargo ship sunk by Houthi militants was probably responsible for damaging three telecommunications cables in the Red Sea in late February, according to assessments by the US and an industry group.
“Those cables were cut, most likely by an anchor dragging from the Rubymar as she sank,” US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in an interview on CBS News Wednesday.