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| Navy considers hundreds of sonobuoys off Pacific Coast | |
| 2015-01-05 | |
The floating, acoustic surveillance devices are used in anti-submarine warfare. The Oregonian reports that in a modified environmental assessment for Northwest training and testing, the Navy increased the number of planned sonobuoys from 20 to 720. They would be in areas at least 12 miles offshore from Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Northern California. The Navy acknowledges that deploying more of them is likely to harm endangered leatherneck turtles. It's accepting public comments until Feb. 2. In addition to more buoys, the document also details additional "maritime security operations" that weren't reviewed in the earlier environmental assessment, possibly including escorts for submarines, search-and-seizure exercises, and anti-piracy missions. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 No one evar! suspects the Turtles! Iffa Tortoise can beat Bugs Bunny in a race, only God knows what damage it can do to Amerika? lol. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-01-05 21:44 |
| #9 Avoiding me and my special turtle smashing stock on the 'ol AR. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-01-05 15:50 |
| #8 What the heck are turtles doing 12 miles offshore into the open ocean? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-01-05 14:16 |
| #7 http://tinyurl.com/kmat37b Because I gave up on what I wanted to say due to Fred's magic word bans. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2015-01-05 13:57 |
| #6 My guess would be the same way Logging hurt the Spotted Owl. (In short it didn't - the Owl's larger, more aggressive, cousins were the real problem. Some species are destined for extinction.) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-01-05 11:18 |
| #5 Why would they hurt the turtles? They don't look like jellyfish, do they? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-01-05 08:54 |
| #4 Could they also put them across the mexican border? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-01-05 07:46 |
| #3 Sonobuoys sponsored by Verizon |
| Posted by: Large Omamp8286 2015-01-05 07:40 |
| #2 Son of SOSUS staggers to his feets. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-05 07:27 |
| #1 Leatherneck turtles= Uncle Sam's Misguided Chelonians |
| Posted by: Grunter 2015-01-05 07:24 |