With Houthis attacking Red Sea data cables, how resilient are India’s internet lifelines?

A couple of days back, news filtered in that the Houthis, a Yemeni militia, had allegedly cut undersea internet cables, amid continuing tensions in the region. Though the group denied it, the episode has highlighted the need to protect a new front in times of conflict : the so-called Wet Net – the vast network of submarine fibre optic cables, each around 1.2 inches in thickness- that forms the bedrock of modern digital life. As many as 14 cables