The US Navy ordered a safety stand-down for the entire submarine force on Wednesday in response to the results of an investigation into an incident last month in the South China Sea.
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"Uncharted Seamount"? How did sonar not detect an underwater mountain?
Because 99% of the time active sonar is not in use. Only passive. Any transmissions are a counter detection threat. So you only go active in very specific instances. It’s rare.
The fact that they did fire the sonar chief, for something that would usually be a navigation problem, makes me believe there is more to the story.
Yup, active sonar pings give away position.
Because the Chinese and the rest of the cabal built it and it was found…