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Low Frequency Active Sonar Gains US Gov. Approval

Posted by michael on from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

burntout writes "According to bbc online the US government has finally approved the use of low frequency active sonar. Apparently the navy has been granted an exemption from the marine mammal protection act for this, which is apparently 'necessary because of new superquiet Chinese, Russian, and German subs'."

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  1. Germans? by nosferatu-man · · Score: 3, Funny

    We taught them a lesson, in 1918,
    and they've hardly bothered us since then. - tl

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  2. Visual scan for marine mammals... by alwayslurking · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...how very sophisticated. Guess the Navy can add whale-watching trips to their recruitment literature now.

  3. Re:This is an overhyped issue... by heikkile · · Score: 5, Funny
    Using an active sonar array advertises your position
    to any other submarines in 30-90 nm radius

    Who cares! Once they are within a micrometer, or even a whole
    meter from you, you are toast anyway!

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    In Murphy We Turst

  4. Re:Sonar and whale strandings by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Funny
    And the Army probably mauls a few dozen rabbits, groundhogs and skunks under tanks and troop carriers. The Air Force nukes its share of birds with high powered radar.

    And a van full of PETA demonstrators recently hit a deer while driving to some protest.

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