Defense

Gitmo getting fiber-optics

The U.S. military is laying fiber-optic cable under water to connect Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba with Florida, and the Associated Press reports it "could ...

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September 23, 2013 11:14 am

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The U.S. military is laying fiber-optic cable under water to connect Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba with Florida, and the Associated Press reports it “could someday extend it to the rest of Cuba,.” Ronald Bechtold, chief information officer at the Pentagon, said Friday at the war crimes tribunal, the project would be finished in about two years and vastly improve communications between the naval base and the United States.”