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Originally Posted by Boris
Seeing as the term sonar hadn't even been coined in WW2 I don't think...
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Yes, that's when it was coined. The US Military went acronym-happy in that period. Sonar is an acronym for
SOund
Navigation
And
Ranging.
You might not be aware that Scuba is
Self-
Contained
Underwater
Breathing
Apparatus.
And I always love it when I hear some religious leader say "We've had a real Snafu", since it's short for
Situation
Normal-
All
F&%$ed
Up!
Sorry. Back to the topic...