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Crossing multiple national borders is a major political undertaking.

It is far more simpler to lay a subsea cable in international waters, especially when hostile nations are concerned.

As to the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal, there really are few or no alternatives, that's why there are so many cables there. It's also why Egypt makes serious bank on permits and other fees. We are talking hundreds of millions of dollars.

U guess it can't help that it makes it (a little bit) harder to tap into them nefariously.

Question is: Are they being included because they are part of that particular Submarine cable infrastructure; or are they independent of it?

An interesting contrast with power cables, which are almost always strung overhead except in densely populated areas.