Navy plans $40 million fiber-optic link to Guantanamo base

July 5, 2012 by legitgov

Navy plans $40 million fiber-optic link to Guantánamo base --$40 million project will put an underwater cable from base in southeast Cuba through Windward Passage to an undisclosed link in South Florida 04 Jul 2012 The Pentagon has decided to lay an estimated $40 million underwater fiber-optic cable from Guantánamo Bay to South Florida, The Miami Herald has learned, in the latest sign that the military is preparing for detentions and other operations at the Navy base for the long-term. A State Department spokesman would not disclose what the Cuban government was told about the project, or when. Nor would the Pentagon disclose where the cable would likely come ashore in South Florida after passing through the Windward Passage east of Cuba and emerging from the Atlantic Ocean - Key West, just 80 miles north of Havana, Miami, or somewhere else.