What is the latest "hacking submarine" lurking in the deep ocean where human hands do not reach and intercepting, obstructing or tampering communications

ByBill Morrow

Presidential candidate Donald Trump said in the USHope to hack Hilary Clinton's e-mail against RussiaIt has become a topic that the really intense "jokes" took off, but in reality, a fierce spy battle has been fought between America and Russia and other countries. Under such circumstances, the submarine is given a duty as "Cyber ​​Spy" which intercepts the signal of the submarine cable, it seems to be secretly active.

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Equipment and vehicles / aircraft / ships introduced in military activities are protected by a secret veil and it is impossible for the general public to grasp their performance, but most of the year, especially in the sea The submarine which divides into the duty is a ship wrapped in secrets in particular. Unlike what you can see on the ground, in the air, at sea, the submarine that divides into the deep ocean, which is difficult to grasp even with the exploration equipment such as radar, is also called "silent service" and its characteristics It is said that advanced duties making full use of it are given.

One of the duties that such a submarine is in charge is a spy activity that intercepts and jams (jamming) of submarine cable that go around the undersea of ​​the world using various means, and tampering communication contents. This activity has been undertaken since the 1970s, and the US military is planning to eavesdrop on the Soviet submarine cable located in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk "Ivey Bell"Was carried out. At that time, the idea that "communication contents via the submarine cable can be intercepted" was not common, so the United States had acquired very important information one after another in this operation.

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In that case, a dedicated eavesdropping device with built-in tape for recording was set up, and confidential information was obtained by analyzing and analyzing weak electromagnetic waves leaking from the cable. In recent years, however, technologies required for eavesdropping such as optical fiber communication instead of electric signals are advancing. However, Stewart Baker, a former adviser to the National Security Agency of the United States of America, said, "Only a very few people who care very much about security are completely separated from the Internet in the world today." As I say, in the era when almost all information passes through the Internet, eavesdropping on submarine cable communication can be said to be a very important spy activity.

The Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine "Annapolis" belonging to the US Navy is one such submarine. According to information leaked by Mr. Edward Snowden in 2013, the Navy has implemented a strategy called "computer network exploitations", which has been used much to exploit submarines like Annapolis It has become obvious that it was an eavesdropping mission.

Journalist William Arkin and Adam Weinstein said that "Annapolis and its sister ship are infiltration units in the modern cyber warfare into the enemy's defense zone and interfere, disturb, communicate and hack the communication. These activities are carried out using antennas attached to the fleet, some of which are made according to special mission, all black boxes playing an important role in the future warfare. " WhenI show it on a blog.

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Nonetheless, intercepting submarine cables is not the latest spy activity. It is expected that recent submarines will be given a role as "mother ship" to oversee more sophisticated spy activities.

Even though a submarine is good at hiding himself, there are limits to hiding that big hull. Therefore, intelligence activities such as UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and UUV (unmanned underwater vehicle) that are similar to the so-called "drone" such as UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and UUV (unmanned underwater vehicle) which are injected from a submarine and enter intense deep into the enemy land and intelligence activities are drawing attention. General Admiral Charles Richard, who heads the submarine war division in the navy, says, "We want to broaden the range covered by ships, and we are committed to full efforts to both UAV and UUV."


If the drone enters deep into enemy areas and gathers information and attacks, this means that the same thing can be felt even in the ocean the same as the operational action deployed by the US military in Afghanistan and elsewhere Become. However, regarding the existence of these submarine units, many experts denied "I have not heard".

However, Mr. Baker says that "Spy operations always have the next one, so there is a good chance that such a concept is realized." In addition to Russia, there seems to be an increase in pressure from China, it seems that it is enough to think that America is introducing such a method.