Low Frequency Sonar update

[The_Sonarman]

By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press


WASHINGTON (July 15, 2002 11:27 p.m. EDT) - The Bush administration on Monday cleared the way for Navy use of a powerful low-frequency sonar to identify enemy submarines, a move environmentalists say will lead to increased strandings and deaths of whales.
http://www.nando.net/nation/story/467294p-3736146c.html

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The Sonarman:
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press


WASHINGTON (July 15, 2002 11:27 p.m. EDT) - The Bush administration on Monday cleared the way for Navy use of a powerful low-frequency sonar to identify enemy submarines, a move environmentalists say will lead to increased strandings and deaths of whales.
http://www.nando.net/nation/story/467294p-3736146c.html<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

This is excellent news.

Quite frankly, we need to put defense concerns first. If the EPA and the Greens don't like it, tough. There is a war on.

[The_Sonarman]

My thoughts exactly, clancyphile.

It's actually "much ado about nothing". The Navy has been using powerful active sonars for decades, and no apparent problems.

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Save the people,the hell with the whales.