http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/ Engadget Comments for Navy patent reveals underwater sound weapon http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
as if fish (the kind we eat) populations weren't dying off enough. i won't even get started on all of the other sea animals that aren't faring so well as it is.]]>Apr 30th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
What happens when flipper bumps into a mine laid by some whack job dictator and gets blown up? Or worse yet, U.S. sailors? I think this weapon is a great idea.

Wouldn't it be great is the world was full of people that were all nice and left each other alone so weapons like this weren't necessary?

Yes, it would. It would also be nice if their were unicorns, magical fairies, Santa Claus, and the Eater Bunny.

Sadly, that is not reality-- so bring on the sound weapons!!!! ]]>Apr 30th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Mr._Limpet


]]>Apr 30th 2007 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/ "this has to be terrible to sealife. "

Uh...name one weapon that ain't...

Sides...I'll bet this is nothing more than a big underwater speaker and an iPod...]]>Apr 30th 2007 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
The moral of this story: just because its new doesn't automatically make it bad for the environment.]]>Apr 30th 2007 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
As I understand it it wouldn't cause the mine/torpedo to detonate early so much as actually blow it up. Also, I don't see how this is particularly bad for the environment, no toxic chemicals no mess.

In conclusion, this is pretty fucking cool.]]>Apr 30th 2007 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
It works on dolphins.


But just in case, they can call a tuna boat for help.]]>May 1st 2007 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/How does this damage the environment any more than a massive explosion and tons of shrapnel and dangerous chemicals? I have a feeling this will actually be better for the environment than most conventional weapons.]]>Apr 30th 2007 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.woodynorris.com/
Go to:
http://www.woodynorris.com/Successes.htm
and scroll a bit further down than half-way, read about the ultrasonic spotlight sound things.
Two emitters, each produce something you can't hear, when they collide, look out!]]>Apr 30th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Apr 30th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
Some children might think that the military's job is to destroy. The job of the military is to defend, not to make everything dead. And one country's military taking it on themselves to deafen the entire planet's sentient ocean population, just 'cause it's "cool", is abhorrent. We live with the rest of the world. If we want to act like kingly assholes by developing ever more destructive weapons without even the excuse of having to protect ourselves, mayhap it's time to embargo the US until it grows up.]]>May 1st 2007 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
Found it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5143698.stm
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Active sonar is a lot like glacouma tests for the ears, but far more powerful.

This weapon sounds pretty awesome!]]>Apr 30th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/

Sheesh, it's not like they're going to mount this on front of every ship and run it 24/7. I don't know exactly how many million km^2 the oceans are, but you'd have to fire off a hell of a lot of these to make any sort of remote impact.]]>Apr 30th 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Of course whales aren't true patriots who give freedom to the world.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
Maybe in the grand scheme of the ecosystem with the interest of preserving all species, I agree with you there. However, I would expect all humans to have the morality to value a fellow human's life over any single creature. (Could you really tell the family of a departed loved one that they died in place of a whale?) If blue whaled go extinct, yes, it would be tragic. But would their extinction cause humans to die? VERY unlikely (although the remote possibility remains). It's best to preserve the environment as much as we can, not only for preserving species simply for the sake of them continuing, but also because their loss may have an unforseen impact on the rest of the ecosystem, and possibly even humans.

And even if they do go extinct and we need them later, Captain Kirk will come back in time and get some :-)]]>Sep 29th 2007 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/May 1st 2007 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/Seriously though, while I agree that it's unlikely the welfare of the environment figures highly on military agendas (and I agree that making ANOTHER weapon refutes the idea yet again that the collective intelligence of humans is in any way increasing), producing a weapon that spreads high energy shockwaves throughout the ocean is a bit energy inefficient. For it to work surely it would have to be very focussed and localised? It looks more like a way of having inexhaustible torpedo countermeasures. If somebody has fired a torpedo, then that torpedo will blow up, killing wildlife and confusing Right whales everywhere anyway. It's just probably better that it doesn't blow up near people. ]]>May 1st 2007 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/
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"We're all sensitive creatures..."]]>May 1st 2007 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/navy-patent-reveals-underwater-sound-weapon/May 5th 2007 4:57PM