Lightning poses several significant risks to fiber optic cables and the networks they support: Cable Damage: A lightning strike can directly damage fiber optic cables, causing signal loss, equipment failure, or complete network outages. The study of trigger lightning is of great practical importance, since the action of protective structures and lightning rods, as well as the develop-ment of lightning discharges in high-rise buildings and in the mountains, begins as in trigger lightning with the development of a positive leader to. Building a lightning protection system for fiber optic cables is essential to safeguard the network infrastructure from potential damage caused by lightning strikes. Lightning is a massive electrical discharge that occurs during thunderstorms. It can strike the ground, buildings, and even people, causing significant damage and injury. Lightning can. However, because fiber optic cable has strengthened core, especially the direct-buried fiber optic cable has armoring layer, thus when the optical fiber cable line experience lightning, the cables might be destroyed or damaged.
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