Arctic cable to undergird Russia’s new military Iinternet
Russia’s Armed Forces are to lay a new fiber optic cable along Russia’s Arctic coastc coast as part of the construction of a new closed Internet. This new communication system that has been under development is named the Multi-service Transport Network System (MTSS) and is expected to support the exchange of 20 GB of information at a time between military units allowing for increased efficiency in the management of these units.
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