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On a small Connecticut pond, the US Navy fishes for answers to emerging threats

By 

Alexander Soule

Journal Inquirer • February 14, 2026

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Dodge Pond in East Lyme, Conn., is seen in this July 1, 2015 photo. The U.S. Navy has for decades maintained the Dodge Pond Acoustic Measurement Facility as one of a handful of sites where engineers can test new systems that could find their way into the fleet, or to calibrate existing equipment. (Connecticut state government)

 MANCHESTER, Conn. (Tribune News Service) — As a global arms race looms larger, a small Connecticut pond is playing an outsized role — as a quiet testing platform for acoustic technologies to plumb the depths for submarines, underwater drones, mines or other perils that could be lurking.

The U.S. Navy has maintained the Dodge Pond Acoustic Measurement Facility in East Lyme dating back to the Cold War, as one of a handful of sites where engineers can test new systems that could find their way into the fleet, or to calibrate existing equipment.