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I would bet it was built to listen for passing Soviet subs more than any scientific research
by asmithmd1 14y ago
I would bet it was built to listen for passing Soviet subs more than any scientific research
- ceejayoz 14y agoThere are much, much better ways of doing that than a surface ship that makes creaks, engine noises, crew sounds, waves hitting the hull, etc.
- vecinu 14y ago"FLIP has no engines or other means of propulsion. It must be towed to open water, where it drifts freely or is anchored. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_FLIP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_FLIP
- ceejayoz 14y agoIt likely has a diesel generator for electrical power, though. Either way, it has nothing on the alternatives for detecting subs.
- mark_l_watson 14y agoMarine Physics Lab was part of Scripts Institute of Oceanography - scientists there from around the world - doesn't seem like the kind of place where classified work would be done.
- b_emery 14y ago> doesn't seem like the kind of place where classified work would be done. They get a lot of money from the Office of Naval Research, and some of the projects are certainly classified. I dont know for sure, but it's quite possible that FLIP was used at some point for studies of acoustics, which were paid for by people fundamentally interested in finding submarines.
- epochwolf 14y agoWe already have a way to do this with hydrophones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOSUS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOSUS