sonar
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Last month, explorers discovered the ruins of the Douglas DC-4 aircraft using an autonomous sonar drone that detected the aircraft's fuselage and tail.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The boats, which the company says cost less than $500,000, are designed to carry out strikes, but they can also launch aerial drones, conduct minesweeping missions and tow sonar systems to detect submarines, Rogynskyy said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Coast Guard and other partners, conducted a grid search for the vessel, which is believed to be about 120 feet deep in a rocky seabed, using boat-mounted sonar platforms and other tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some have claimed the illness is caused by microwaves, prompting further speculation that a foreign power may have used some kind of sonar weapon to attack US overseas staff and their dependants.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
While waiting for them to decide what sonar stood for, one of the panel of experts looked up from a heavy volume and sent a signal to the commissioner.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Mayer and other scientists argued that emerging technologies, especially multibeam sonars that produce detailed 3D images, offered an unprecedented opportunity to document little known sea floors off the U.S.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
Using a variety of sonars and two remotely operated vehicles — Deep Discoverer and Serios — researchers aboard the ship are mapping and collecting samples from areas along the Aleutian Trench and Gulf of Alaska.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
National Marine Fisheries Service that concluded the Navy had "killed at least six whales in an accident involving common ship-based sonars."
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023
Could searchers’ sonars have already missed wreckage of Flight 370 in remote Indian Ocean?
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2015
Tom filtered out the difference in the two sounds with the correlation calculator unit of one of his quality analyzer sonars.
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
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Earth Science - Middle School
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