Mostly built on the electric power towers as overhead lines

electric power optical communication cable lines are often subject to sandstorm destructions.In view of the their impacts on the normal operation of the cable lines

this paper explains the destructions in two aspects

short-term severe damage and long-term slow erosion and describes the relevant damages and harms to these lines.In addition

it performs tests on the selected optical cable lines in actual field operation

analyzes the test results and measures the commonly used cables in the lab.On the basis of the field and laboratory test results and the field operation experience

it gives suggestions and advices for coping with short-term severe destruction and long-term slow erosion effect on the optical cable lines.