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sonar

[soh-nahr] / ˈsoʊ nɑr /




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"We watched them, we were able to track them, we dropped sonar buoys to demonstrate to them that we were monitoring every hour of their operation."

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

European defense giant Thales sells drones that use AI to sift through sonar data and find mines faster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In 2003 and 2020, two studies published in Nature and in a journal of the Royal Society found links between the use of mid-frequency military sonar and whale strandings.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

The scientists used high resolution sonar to produce a detailed map of the seafloor.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

If he’d been thinking straight, he would’ve switched the ship’s detection system from radar to sonar as soon as they left Charleston Harbor.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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