Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) was the original name for a submarine detection system based on passive sonar developed by the United States Navy to track Soviet submarines. The …

Just over 66 years ago, one of the Navy’s most secretive communities began. Its members went by the code word SOSUS, which means “Sound Surveillance System.” A new front line in the …

The SOSUS system was very successful in detecting and tracking the noisy diesel and then nuclear Soviet submarines of the Cold War. The sailors operating the early SOSUS arrays …

1 day ago · Origins of SOSUS. The modern era of sonar began in the 1920’s when there was a steady advance in applying underwater sound to practical needs. During this period, depth …

SOSUS, the classified name, was established in 1952. The system became an exemplary Cold War tool. SOSUS arrays, along with nuclear submarines optimized for ASW and long-range …

Nov 4, 2016 · During the Cold War, the U.S. Navy laid fixed networks of underwater hydrophones on the ocean floor called the “ Sound Surveillance System” (SOSUS) to detect Soviet …

• The SOSUS system is a highly complex passive multi technology acoustic surveillance system that has evolved with the evolution of technology. It played a major intelligence gathering role …

Dec 22, 2017 · The Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) codenamed Project Caesar, began in 1954 as a classified US programme to use an extensive network of hydrophones laid on the …

Since the early 1950s the Atlantic and Pacific oceans have been under the vigilence of SOSUS, with long acoustic sensors (hydrophones) installed across the ocean bottom at key locations. …

SOSUS, an acronym for Sound Surveillance System, is a chain of underwater listening posts located around the world in places such as the Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, Iceland and …