What? Russia Planning To Destroy Undersea Cables 95% Of Internet In The World

Is Russia trying to be another world
terror country that will be disturbing
the peace of the rest of us?
The US Navy is worried that Russia might
be planning to cut the undersea cables
that carry 95% of internet traffic.
The presence of Russian submarines and
spy ships near most of the undersea
cables carrying majority of global Internet
communications has U.S. officials
concerned that Russia could be planning
to sever the lines in periods of conflict,
the New York Times reported on Sunday.
Sources say already there was no
evidence of cable cutting but that the
concerns reflected increased wariness
among U.S. and allied officials over
growing Russian military activity around
the world.
The Times quoted naval commanders and
intelligence officials as saying they were
monitoring significantly greater Russian
activity along the cables’ known routes
from the North Sea to Northeast Asia and
waters closer to the United States.
“It would be a concern to hear any
country was tampering with
communication cables; however, due to
the classified nature of submarine
operations, we do not discuss
specifics,” U.S. Navy spokesman
Commander William Marks told the
Times.
Last month, the United States closely
monitored the Russian spy ship Yantar,
which equipped with two self-propelled
deep-sea submersible craft, cruised off
the U.S. East Coast toward Cuba, where
one cable lands near the U.S. naval base
at Guantanamo Bay, according to the
Times.
Naval officials said the ship and the
submersible craft were capable of cutting
cables several miles (km) deep beneath
the sea.
The cables carried more than $10trillion
daily in global business and more than
95% of daily communications.
Written by Peter Cooney