I mean I guess I was aware they existed when they were discussed. Just surprised that they must be so widespread that they have one "near" the titanic ("near" is uncertain because sound travels really far underwater from what I remember)
Actually we used to have a lot more. We've mothballed and dismantled a lot of the systems since the Cold War. The North Atlantic used to be littered with SOSUS sensors and modified fishing boats (for stealthy radar profiles - fiberglass superstructures and such) that pulled SURTASS towed array sonar instead of fishing nets during the latter 70s into the 80s, because that's where the naval battles that would decide the fate of Europe would happen.
I suppose they're not that relevant anymore considering they can carry super long range missiles and probably satellite shit and whatever other stuff they've invented since then have probably superseded it.
I'd say they are less relevant, sure. A lot of the ones that still exist spend a lot of time doing legitimate oceanographic research ("counting whales for greenpeace", listening to seismic events, blah blah blah), nowadays. It justifies the budget expenditure, makes the navy look better to the green types, and keeps the system around, "just in case."
If this is your area of interest I'd recommend the milsim game Sea Power as well. Very good simulation of cold war naval action with missiles, naval aircraft, CIWS, simulation of both radar and EWS. It's got it all.
Published by Microprose, yeah. Its been on my steam wishlist for awhile, now. I'll probably grab it soon. I'm pretty stoked at Microprose having a revival. I hope they remake some of their old WW2 games, too. I'd kill to play a new version of 1942 PAW or TF1942. The B-17 Redux game is actually good, and Regiments was decent, too. And I want a new Gunship while were at it, the Amiga version was my jam in the early 90s.
I think this is as fake and dumb as the claim that the rescue team heard tapping sounds.
Brutal. They knew there and then it was a goner.
Hunter Biden's laptop and his other shenanigans.
Two years later and we're still finding new things from the Titan sub.
It's more artistic style than delivering info. But it does show plenty of snippets of Stockton Rush being a complete unhinged psychopath.
That it did, as well as the numerous known failure points during testing that just got blatantly ignored.
