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> the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS), a complex array of hydrophones fixed on the ocean floor and connected by cables to secret listening stations set up alo
by xg15 4mo ago
> the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS), a complex array of hydrophones fixed on the ocean floor and connected by cables to secret listening stations set up along coasts all over the world.
One for the conspiracy theorists...
- hagbard_c 4mo agoNo conspiracy needed, SOSUS was a known fact, the Soviet Union made attempts to find and disable the hydrophones, Tom Clancy wrote many a novel in which SOSUS was mentioned or played a role, etc. It was the ocean equivalent of the Key Hole satellites, used to monitor the movements of Soviet 'boomers' - nuclear missile subs.
- xg15 4mo agoThere is no "conspiracy" in the sense of a shadowy cabal or secret organization. But I think it's remarkable how such a huge project which must have involved the participation of dozens of governments could have been done without any press coverage or civil society involvement.
- lukan 4mo agoI think I also never read about that in any newspaper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio
- applicative 4mo agoYes that was the point. It was good. Ukraine had an identical plan -- same as Russia had the feared plan in the SE, where state institutions failed.
- wbl 4mo agoLook up the local names for Tongue of the Ocean and you'll have even more gist for that mill.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4mo agoAUTEC range https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Undersea_Test_and_Evaluation_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Undersea_Test_and_Eva...
- lb1lf 4mo agoSecret-ish. One of the links terminated in a seeming boathouse at Andøya in Norway. It was a landmark. As in, if you were going fishing with a colleague and asked him which boathouse we'd embark from, he was as likely as not to say 'Three boathouses down from the hush one!'