#projectcombo — Public Fediverse posts
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#US #Navy Tried to Turn #Whale Songs Into Secret Code
In 1959, the Navy Electronics Laboratory got to work on the concept as part of #ProjectCombo. The work centered on the understanding that certain #marinemammal sounds and vibrations they generated might travel over very long distances #underwater. More importantly, they'd appear so common as to go unnoticed by enemy. #ColdWar project as an ingenious but overly complicated method for #submarines to send covert messages.
https://www.twz.com/8778/the-u-s-navy-tried-to-turn-whale-songs-into-secret-code