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Spy Subs Still Hunting Cable Traffic in the Deep

Undersea cables remain juicy targets for espionage-equipped U.S. and Russian subs, says author Christopher Drew

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Jeff Stein
May 08, 2022
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Deep down on the dark seabeds of the globe’s many oceans, the USS Jimmy Carter is on the prowl, sniffing at and sometimes attaching to undersea cables carrying the military communications of America’s adversaries.  And it’s not alone, says Christopher Drew, the author, with Sherry Sontag, of Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espi…

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