A Reuters report has indicated that the US is working to resuscitate its Cold War-era submarine surveillance network in the wake of China’s rising naval power. According to the report, the US Navy has renamed its monitoring system at Whidbey Island off Seattle to Theater Undersea Surveillance Command, with the new mission of modernising America’s existing network of underwater acoustic spy cables and retrofitting a fleet of surveillance ships with cutting-edge sensors and subsea microphones.

US reviving Cold War-era underwater surveillance network to tackle China

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US reviving Cold War-era underwater surveillance network to tackle China