We Need to Map the Ocean Floor

Re:We Need to Map the Ocean Floor by jonknee on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:27AM (#21483749)

> I don't see why that data should be held classified, at least make this project a little bit easier.

Really, you don't see why the military would want to keep the strategic advantage of keeping what they know about the sea floor secret?

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Re:We Need to Map the Ocean Floor by mcbits on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:38AM (#21483879)

I think it should be all be declassified for the public good, but I can understand why they would want to keep it classified: by revealing where they've mapped, they reveal where they've been. Quality variations in different parts of the map could also reveal where they spend more time, or at what depths. But I'm skeptical that it really matters.

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Re:We Need to Map the Ocean Floor by Razengan on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:49AM (#21484021)

Or they awoke eldritch leviathans who now command them.

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Re:We Need to Map the Ocean Floor by homonculus1 on Friday November 08, 2019 @03:03PM (#21486135)

Nothing is Beyond Their Reach

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Re:We Need to Map the Ocean Floor by Razengan on Friday November 08, 2019 @03:23PM (#21486318)

Reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-247

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Re:We Need to Map the Ocean Floor by eternalny1 on Sunday November 10, 2019 @05:20PM (#21500558)

> Really, you don't see why the military would want to keep the strategic advantage of keeping what they know about the sea floor secret?

It's all about to be "de-classified" anyway once the first of these sort of projects kicks off.

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