Suspected Internet Cable Spy Ship Operating In Americas For Over A Month

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Significantly, she appears to be avoiding broadcasting her position via AIS. I suspect that going dark on AIS is a deliberate measure to frustrate efforts to analyse her mission.

Another possibility is that her AIS transponder is operating with an unusually low power output.

On a previous voyage in 2015 it was reported that she might be operating near internet cables near to the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay.

Yantar has been observed conducting search patterns in the vicinity of internet cables, and there is circumstantial evidence that she has been responsible for internet outages, for example off the Syrian coast in 2016.

The Caribbean has a large number of undersea internet cables including many which lead to and from the United States.

A study by British think tank Policy Exchange described undersea internet cables as "Indispensable but insecure." It noted that they are "Jugulars of the world economy which are a singularly attractive target for our enemies." The report mentions Yantar, saying that she carries two submersibles capable of "Cutting cables or tapping them for information."

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