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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE 



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There are a number of DOD telecommunication 

 technologies that could possibly allow scientists to 

 access unclassified oceanographic data from military 

 platforms without' havirrg'^o physically be there. 



Navy's emphasis on data collection is, as I have 

 said, to provide real-time data to the warfighter to 

 describe the battlespace environment. In many oases, 

 it would be inappropriate to make the data- -and the 

 military platforms location- -publicly available in real 

 time. In many cases, our data collection comes from 

 within the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of other 

 countries. Navy uses cooperative agreements with 

 coastal countries to gain access to data in their 

 territorial seas which would otherwise be inaccessible. 

 Any limits on public release of the data under these 

 agreements must be honored. With our current focus on 

 littoral areas of the world, much of our data 

 collection comes from within the Exclusive Economic 

 Zones (EEZ) of other countries. Because of Law of the 

 Sea issues, mixing military survey data collection and 

 marine scientific research in foreign EEZs can be 

 problematic and would have to be approached very 

 carefully. 



Despite all these caveats, there are certainly 

 unclassified/unrestricted Navy collection efforts, 

 especially in open ocean areas, that could be 

 considered for some form of realtime access ashore. 



