Pacific Fleet," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "The resiliency, redundancy, and security of our communication infrastructure represents a top priority for U.S. It was the first official acknowledgement of that cable.
Navy's Pacific Fleet confirmed the existence of a new high-speed undersea internet cable to Diego Garcia.
Presented with Reuters' findings, a spokesperson for the U.S. SubCom, Cerberus and Feinberg did not respond to requests for comment. Navy base close to the South China Sea, beating out Chinese competitors for control of a strategic site in a region where Beijing has been flexing its military muscle.Ĭerberus is headed by Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire political donor whom former President Donald Trump drafted onto the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, which counsels the commander-in-chief on U.S. Last year, Cerberus paid $300 million for a Philippine shipyard on a former U.S.
SubCom is owned by Cerberus Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm that has invested in defense contractors and national security assets. This dual role has made SubCom increasingly valuable to Washington as global internet infrastructure - from undersea cables to data centers and 5G mobile networks - risks fracturing into two systems, one backed by the United States, the other controlled by China.
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