Naval Facility Point Sur
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naval-facility-point-sur-171-6546575
title:
Naval Facility Point Sur
text:
Naval Facility Point Sur was one of 30 secret sites worldwide that were built during the Cold War to detect Soviet submarines. In 1958, the U.S. Navy built a Naval Facility ½ mile south of Point Sur on the Big Sur coast to provide submarine surveillance using the classified SOund SUrveillance System (SOSUS). The public was told the station was engaged in oceanographic research. Long-range acoustic listening was first tested and partially developed at Point Sur light station with an associated SO
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Facility_Point_Sur
date created:
2019-01-01T04:17:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T13:19:41Z
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13
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