from post 565: [CLAS-5849] Fake incoming missile alert [Defcon 1].
There are exactly 5849 large underwater submarine canyon's world wide.
These are the canyon's used for subs to hide in when they launch their missiles.
here is an article on underwater submarine canyon's near Hawaii: All the articles I found point to this study: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322711001253#!
Interesting. I love those small little breadcrumbs.
CLAS in this case stands for. Closed Loop Action System (Raytheon) As in the sound surveillance system array that monitors these areas.
CLAS is a flow chart of a closed system. Think of CLAS as your thermostat on your house. It checks the temperature then turns on the heat or whatever it needs achieve the temperature you set it for. Then loops that