The proposed transparent ocean depends on continuously modeling currents and detecting deviations that might indicate a submarine. Such data would complement SOSUS and SURTASS by prioritizing patrol-aircraft searches, without providing effortless global tracking. Fusing three imperfect sensor families can improve confidence, but it also creates hard allocation choices when the real submarine appears in only one stream.
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Why more sensors will not quickly make the oceans transparent
Satellite ocean models may improve contact cueing, but incomplete coverage, processing delay, and false priorities preserve uncertainty.