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2007-02-01 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-01 18:50|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In that our Los Angeles class submarines are rapidly becoming obsolete, I hope that when their time comes we retain one or more as "noisy", de-milled research vessels.

Such a boat, refitted for scientific purposes could do for underwater research what the Hubble telescope did for astronomy.

Alternatively, a different boat could perform an essential international task--either policing up or entombing hard radioactive or chemical contaminants that have been dumped at sea, but now threaten the fishing industry and coastlines.

In either case, it would be an incredible bargain assuming their typical annual operating cost of just $25 million.

That is very little money to either map undersea high grade mineral deposits worth potentially tens of trillions of dollars, or cleaning up chemical and radioactive waste that threatens entire nations fishing industries.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-01 19:01|| 2007-02-01 19:01|| Front Page Top

#2 The USN is going for computer/info-based Underwater Dominance, including subs wid GMD- SPAWAR, anti-EM capability.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-01 19:23|| 2007-02-01 19:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Um, isn't passive sonar (aka hydrophones) about a 100-year old technology? I'm sure they have better signal processing, that's all.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-02-01 20:59|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-02-01 20:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Jackal, my thoughts exactly...just another BS science "discovery" not!

Posted by RD 2007-02-01 22:37|| 2007-02-01 22:37|| Front Page Top

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