The Russian military is suspected of diverting undersea communication cables made by Japan's NEC Corp. for military use, an international probe by Kyodo News and other media revealed Thursday.The cables, procured through a private company in Cyprus, appear to have been used to construct the "Harmony" undersea surveillance network in the Barents Sea, a part of the Arctic Ocean, for searching for enemy vessels to protect nuclear submarines equipped with nuclear missiles.Exporting submarine cables requires permission from the Japanese government, and it is deemed a violation of the Foreign Exc…READ FULL ARTICLE
