Really? Did anyone tell the Navy that?
Great link, thanks. And this from that link:
Today, while the Navy maintains a number of SOSUS arrays in either operational or standby status, only three shore facilities at Dam Neck, Virginia, Whidbey Island, Washington, and St. Mawgan, United Kingdom8 – remain to process their dwindling output. With few possibly-hostile, nuclear-powered submarines still operating at sea and modern, quiet, diesel-electric boats essentially undetectable at long range by passive means, there’s not a lot to listen for anymore, and targets of potential interest are rare.
Yea, Clintoon did cut back greatly on funding SOSUS putting many sections offline. I remember even those days in my early conservative awakening being rather miffed about that thinking that is was foolish savings.