Navy's Use of Sonar Is Severely Limited
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A federal judge yesterday severely limited the Navy's ability to use mid-frequency sonar on a training range off the Southern California coast, ruling that the loud sounds would harm whales and other marine mammals if not tightly controlled.
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Navy's injury-depleted defense is struggling, having only forced six punts this season and allowing opponents to average 30.1 points and five yards per carry.
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A drill planned to demonstrate the Navy's ability to knock down two incoming missiles at once from the same ship failed off Hawaii's coast on Thursday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.
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A laser designed for military use is close to hitting a power threshold thought necessary to turn it into a battlefield weapon.
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President Bush cannot exempt the Navy from environmental laws banning sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 4--Here's a dumb idea: The U.S. Department of the Interior has told its U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employees in northeastern North Carolina not to respond to public inquiries about the effects of a proposed Navy practice landing field there.
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One misstep on this former U.S. Navy bombing range can be fatal.
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HALIFAX (CP) - The sealift of the Canadian navy submarine HMCS Chicoutimi has been postponed because of poor weather, the Defence Department has confirmed.
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It looks like a Jet Ski, but it's really a remote-controlled aquatic drone for harbor security and battlefield recon. And it's fast.
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The Office of Naval Research tests a ship-to-land gun that uses no fuel.
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With terrorism the new global threat, a network of radio antennas that let the Navy maintain secure communications with submarines at sea has become yet another Cold War relic.
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The federal government still has limited capacity to detect a disease outbreak and track its progress across the country.
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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Â· Secret military programme nears completion  Â· Vessels may undergo sea trials next year
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Beneath-the-waves waiver waived A federal beak whose judgement against US Navy sonar exercises in waters off California was countermanded by George Bush has now ruled that the President's order was invalid. The dispute has arisen following assertions by environmentalist groups that naval sonars cause harm to marine mammals such as whales and dolphins.â¦
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President Bush has exempted the Navy from environmental laws designed to protect whales from potentially harmful sonar.
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A federal judge in California is scheduled to release a decision this week that will outline what the Navy must do to protect whales and other marine mammals from the loud blasts of its sonar equipment.