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hydrophoneUnderwater microphone and ancillary equipment capable of picking up waterborne sounds. It was originally developed to detect enemy submarines but is now also used, for example, for listening to the sounds made by whales. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A sixth category, hydrophones, where the vibrator is water based is presently under consideration. This notorious Faeroes-Iceland line with its underwater hydrophones of the SOSUS American stationary antisubmarine system and mobile NATO antisubmarine warfare (ASW) forces is well known to our submariners and has always been a real headache. This is an assemblage of hydrophones and other test equipment designed to listen to and measure sound waves underwater as well as to generate noise pulses against one-quarter or one third scale models of submarine hulls. |
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