There are reports of a total of five cables cut in the ME with a sixth
possibly cut in Malaysia
Where is the USS Jimmy Carter?
http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/2008/02/where-is-uss-jimmy-carter.html
Whenever there is a tap on a fiber-optic line, there is a temporary
interruption in the information stream. Although short, the operator
of the system can detect it. In fact, they would see it instantly
because the data-rate would drop immediately raising an alarm. There
is also the fact that most cable operators diverge their systems by
using two separate lines to stream data. The geographic routes of
these lines are far enough apart that any rupture can be handled by
rerouting data on the other line.
That's what makes the breaks so suspicious. The last two breaks
interfered with the secondary cable routes.
So, what explains the total breaks? Well, the fact that splicing the
tap into the fiber-optic cable is detectable. Since the only way to
get accurate data is to conduct a full splice, the only way to get
accurate data is to alert the cable operator. They're not going to be
happy with that at all.
If I were conducting an intercept operation requiring an undersea
fiber-optic cable splice which I knew the cable operator would detect,
I need a way to prevent that operator from detecting it. Create a
diversion.
By disabling the cable, either by severing it underwater or creating a
problem ashore, it gives me time to do my splice undetected in a
location far away from the diversionary problem. When the cable
operator says it will be days before a repair ship can get to it, that
gives me plenty of time to get the job done and get out of the area.
So, if I'm right then all we have to do is find USS Jimmy Carter. If
I'm wrong, I've just given the NSA a strategy for making undetected
taps. On the other hand, it might just be the most concerted attack on
the global fiber-optic network by merchant ship anchors in history.
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