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by sandworm101 2908 days ago
>> Large ballistic missile submarine fleets and a military posture that makes an attempted first strike likely

It was in the past. Today such things can be used for all sorts of intel tasks. Sosus is real time info about positions/speeds of all ships, surface or not. Satellites cannot do that. I imagine that the US is also using sound to monitor Chinese building activities in the south china sea. There is also, probably, some economic intel to be gained by monitoring shipping/fishing fleets, again, in a way not easily replicated from space.