Long-haul pipeline fiber optic systems provide high-bandwidth communication for SCADA, leak detection, security monitoring, and voice services along natural gas, crude oil, and liquids pipelines spanning hundreds of miles. ture or strain) that they are measuring. Therefore, it is important to select cables that will protect the sensing optical fibers over the expected installed life time while also allowing the optical fibers to detect vibra e shown below in Figure 1 and Figure 2. Fiber installed in the pipeline right-of-way serves as the communication. The Submarine Cable Map is a free and regularly updated resource from TeleGeography. Undersea cables, also known as submarine communications cables, are fiber-optic cables laid on the ocean floor and used to transmit data between continents. These cables are the backbone of the global internet, carrying the bulk of international communications, including email, webpages and video. Fiber optic networks, paired with Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS), and Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS), provide real-time monitoring of pipelines for leaks, pressure anomalies, and strain. Chokepoints Heighten Risk: Corridors such as Bab el-Mandeb, Hormuz, Malacca, the Turkish Straits, and the Panama Canal concentrate maritime.