- Jul 1, 2018
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| TYPE | Infrastructure |
| COUNTRY | Egypt |
| PROJECT | Egyptian Sound Surveillance System |
| PROJECT COST | 250,000,000.00 |
| COMPLETION DATE | 01/02/2020 |
| PROJECT INFORMATION | In order to enhance the egyptian armed forces capacity to detect hostile operations against the national sovereignty as far away from the coast as possible, the Egyptian Navy has decided to deploy a set of underwater monitoring station on the Mediterranean seabed, within international waters. The locations would be carefully studied and decided, after reviewing several bathymetric and current maps. The installations would be carried out by specialists on bord of the egyptian submarine rescue ships, and off the traditional maritime trade routes. They would always operate on international waters. No foreign territorial waters or EEZ would be breached. SOSUS (sound surveillance system) systems consisted of bottom-mounted hydrophone arrays connected by underwater cables to facilities ashore. The individual arrays were installed primarily on continental slopes and seamounts at locations optimized for undistorted long range acoustic propagation. The combination of location within the ocean and the sensitivity of arrays allowed the system to detect acoustic power of less than a single watt at ranges of several hundred kilometres. The underwater cables would go always within international and egyptian waters, in the most direct way considering terrain issues, and would end in a new secret reception station in Sidi Barrani, Egypt. Points of deployment of the stations: 35°22'03.7"N 20°32'32.7"E 34°56'56.5"N 19°17'20.5"E 34°28'39.1"N 22°37'46.5"E More information in: https://modernnations.com/threads/egypt-operation-nautilus.10626/#post-41617 |
| PRIVATE / ENCRYPTED | Yes |
