Anybody seen the Navy's toys?

[themadscientist]

If you find one, give the admiral a call. Idiots....
http://defensetech.org/2010/06/08/if-yo ... l-us-navy/

[Otto.]

"The Navy said the search continued today and they are thinking of using dolphins and sea lions trained to hunt for mines to aid in the search."

I found this amusing.

[IanS]

How hard is it to put freakin tracking device in there.

They likely spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on it, and they couldn't spring for a stupid locator.

If I found one, I wouldn't tell anyone. Finders keepers.

[ADDirishboy]

If I found one, I wouldn't tell anyone. Finders keepers.

That would make a wicked centerpiece in my backyard.

[Dattebayo]

How hard is it to put freakin tracking device in there.

They likely spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on it, and they couldn't spring for a stupid locator.

Radio waves don't travel very far through water (you have to use very low wavelengths) and you can't use microwaves because water absorbs them completely.

Some newb probably let them go too deep and they can't get a return signal.

[IanS]

How hard is it to put freakin tracking device in there.

They likely spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on it, and they couldn't spring for a stupid locator.

Radio waves don't travel very far through water (you have to use very low wavelengths) and you can't use microwaves because water absorbs them completely.

Some newb probably let them go too deep and they can't get a return signal.

Yah, but sound waves travel forever. A little pinger would be cheap, effective, and easy to turn on/off.

[Dattebayo]

Yah, but sound waves travel forever. A little pinger would be cheap, effective, and easy to turn on/off.

That exactly why you can't use sound to control or communicate with a device. There is too much pollution from all the animals who use it.

[93coupe]

If there is a reward Dave and I will be out there tomorrow.

[Dattebayo]

I'm gonna be out closer than you anyway. I work in VA.

[dusred]

That exactly why you can't use sound to control or communicate with a device. There is too much pollution from all the animals who use it.

I'm sure they could figure something out. The don't really have a budget when it comes to stuff like that.

How hard is it to put freakin tracking device in there.

They likely spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on it, and they couldn't spring for a stupid locator.

If I found one, I wouldn't tell anyone. Finders keepers.

I'm guessing hundreds of millions.

[Dattebayo]

I'm sure they could figure something out. The don't really have a budget when it comes to stuff like that.

Well, the tech doesn't exist now. That's all I was saying.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Does GPS not work under water?

[raremotive]

Does GPS not work under water?

What do you think GPS operates on to communicate?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Does GPS not work under water?

Radio waves don't travel very far through water (you have to use very low wavelengths) and you can't use microwaves because water absorbs them completely.

[raremotive]

^ Exactly. The submarines use sensors, accelerometers and speed... combined with a computer to pin point where the submarine base on it's movement characteristics. Even though the system isn't entirely accurate and those errors add up over time. When the submarine surfaces, it is able to pick up the faint radio signal from the satellites to update it's more true position.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

They should have just used a really long string.

[IBCoupe]

Can't they just look out the windows on their submarines?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Can't they just look out the windows on their submarines?

Yeah, but if they open them they're screwed.

[TroubleBound]

Its too bad i dont have a boat im not far from the bay. Finders Keepers is right tho if they are even offering a reward im sure its 1/100,000 what they paid for it.

[HashiriyaS14]

Trained Dolphins? WTF?

Can't they just ping around with active sonar or send down some ROV's to look around?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Aquaman. We've finally found a use for Aquaman!

[numbnuts240]

http://vimeo.com/5541344

[sx moneypit]

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Trained Dolphins? WTF?

Can't they just ping around with active sonar or send down some ROV's to look around?

The Navy has used dolphins as mine hunters for years, like aquatic bomb sniffing dogs. Apparently, they're very good at it.

[Zydeco]

Can't they just look out the windows on their submarines?

I think they tinted them to dark. I think the screen door is a better option.

[Looneybomber]

Can't they just look out the windows on their submarines?

I think they tinted them to dark. I think the screen door is a better option.

If the coast guard catches them, they'll be fined for that "limo" tint. 25% is the limit!