Active Sonar + Marine Life

tycho102 · 03-14-07, 01:19 PM

per the news item on the beached whale --

I am of the mind that we've got to stop using active sonar, or at least at the power levels necessary for sub detection. Obviously this puts operator training into a questionable position, because it's dozens of diesel boats we're going to have to defend against (if anything).

I really do think we've got dolphins and whales with either physical trauma or sensory confusion, as a result of sonar use. I've suspected this for a few years but I'm at the point where something needs to be figured out. I honestly don't trust the Navy to do an apolitical study of the issue, and there are too many "independent" universities and corporations who are not so independent as they profess, so I have doubts about the ability for an extensive investigation in open-water.

I think it's time we developed simulation abilities such as we currently do with nuclear warheads: computer simulations rather than actual detonation tests.

03-14-07, 01:19 PM	#1
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Active Sonar + Marine Life per the news item on the beached whale -- I am of the mind that we've got to stop using active sonar, or at least at the power levels necessary for sub detection. Obviously this puts operator training into a questionable position, because it's dozens of diesel boats we're going to have to defend against (if anything). I really do think we've got dolphins and whales with either physical trauma or sensory confusion, as a result of sonar use. I've suspected this for a few years but I'm at the point where something needs to be figured out. I honestly don't trust the Navy to do an apolitical study of the issue, and there are too many "independent" universities and corporations who are not so independent as they profess, so I have doubts about the ability for an extensive investigation in open-water. I think it's time we developed simulation abilities such as we currently do with nuclear warheads: computer simulations rather than actual detonation tests.