Ngomhlaka-24 Okthoba, iwebhusayithi yephephandaba laseSpain i-Abéxé yashicilela isihloko esithi “Isithunzi Sokubhujiswa Sifihla Umgwaqo Omkhulu Wedijithali Ongaphansi Kwamanzi” esibhalwe ngu-Alexia Colomba Jerez. Umbhalo ogcwele ukhishwe kanje:
OwayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseFrance uFlorence Parly wake wathi, “Izintambo zethu zasemanzini zingase zihlaselwe amazwe azama ukuzibhubhisa.” Ingqalasizinda ye-inthanethi ingaphansi kwezinsongo ezingaqondile nezicashile. Impi ebandayo yasemanzini ilwiwa ngenxa yezintambo ze-fiber optic ezingaphansi kolwandle, ezithonywe izinkampani nezizwe ezakha indaba entsha yezepolitiki.
“Ziyingqalasizinda ebalulekile ngoba i-inthanethi yabantu abavamile esetshenziswa yiwo wonke umuntu, ukusebenza kwezimakethe zezimali, ngisho namakhono athile ezempi kuncike kulezi zinhlelo zekhebula ze-fiber optic zasemanzini,” kuchaza uNobhala Jikelele we-NATO uJens Stoltenberg. Ukubhujiswa kwamuva nje kwepayipi legesi yemvelo iNord Stream kubonakala kuyisenzo esinamandla esingokomfanekiso, okuveza ubuthakathaka beNtshonalanga, kanye nezintambo zemikhumbi-ngwenya ezingu-475 ezikhona ziyi-“Achilles’ heel” enganakwa.
UHéctor Esteban, umphathi weSikole Sobunjiniyela Bezokuxhumana e-Polytechnic University of Valencia, eSpain, ukhombe ukuthi izintambo ze-fiber optic zasemanzini ziyingxenye ebalulekile ye-topology ebonakalayo ye-inthanethi yonke, futhi ngaphezu kuka-95% wokudluliswa kwedatha nge-inthanethi kwenziwa ngezintambo ze-fiber optic zasemanzini. Ukusebenzisa amasathelayithi ukudluliswa kwedatha kuyabiza futhi kuneziphazamiso ezinkulu zesignali.
Inyanga ngaphambi kokuba kuqale ingxabano e-Ukraine, ikhebula le-fiber optic elingaphansi kwamanzi elixhumanisa iNorway ne-Arctic lanqunywa ngaphandle kwesizathu esibonakalayo eSvalbard.
Lesi siqhingi singenye yezindlela zokuthuthukisa izinsiza zikawoyela negesi zase-Arctic. NgoFebhuwari, umkhumbi-ngwenya wezinhloli waseRussia wabonwa emanzini ogwini lwase-Ireland njengoba udlula phezu kwekhebula elingaphansi kolwandle elinqamula i-Atlantic elixhumanisa iYurophu ne-United States. Ibutho lase-Ireland lathi inhloso yalo mkhumbi-ngwenya kwakungekona ukusika izintambo ezingaphansi kolwandle, kodwa ukuthumela umlayezo ku-NATO wokuthi zinganqunywa nganoma yisiphi isikhathi. UMark Galeotti, uchwepheshe waseRussia e-University College London, uthe ngenxa yobuningi bezinkampani zobuchwepheshe, i-Ireland iyisikhungo esikhulu futhi ngenxa yalokho ingaba yindawo yokulwa yesikhathi esizayo.
UJosé Antonio Morán, inhloko yoMnyango Wezobuchwepheshe Nezinsizakalo Zokuxhumana e-Open University of Catalonia eSpain, waveza ukuthi elinye lamasu okuqala ekuqaleni kwempi kwakuwukuphuphuthekisa isitha. Ukuthinta nje ikhebula elilodwa le-fiber optic elingaphansi komkhumbi kwakuzokhubaza inani elikhulu lezinkampani futhi kubangele ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwezomnotho.
UPierre Morcos noColin Wall, ozakwabo e-Center for Strategic and International Studies, baveza ukuthi ukusika izintambo ze-fiber optic ezingaphansi komhlaba kungafeza imigomo eminingi: ukuphazamisa ukuxhumana kwezempi noma kukahulumeni ezigabeni zokuqala zengxabano; ukuqeda ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi kubantu abahlosiwe; ukubangela ukuphazamiseka komnotho ngezinjongo ze-geopolitical; njalo njalo. Ukusika izintambo ezingaphansi komhlaba kungafeza yonke le migomo ngasikhathi sinye.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-04-2022
