The 1998 NYT article "The Sonar War" might be a better submission:

<https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/20/r...>

There's a review of the book which was submitted to HN about a year ago: <https://www.ahalbert.com/reviews/2023/07/01/blind_mans_bluff...> (HN: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36561229>).