Underwater microphones designed to detect enemy submarines first detected Titan tragedy.
I suppose there was some discussion on whether to conceal or reveal the tech and that’s why we’ve only heard of this now.
Underwater microphones designed to detect enemy submarines first detected Titan tragedy.
I suppose there was some discussion on whether to conceal or reveal the tech and that’s why we’ve only heard of this now.
The fact that we have these low frequency listening arrays has been known publicly for a long time. More closely guarded are the analytical techniques.
It’s likely that the watch team flagged the implosion as artificial in real time, but could not identify the cause until other pieces of info were aggregated. The found wreckage today likely confirmed their suspicion.
source: worked at the navy’s listening post watch floor years ago.
Sounds like a really cool and boring job…
Welcome to the Navy, here’s a broom.
You and the Navy, go clean the head!