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US-JUSTICE-ENVIRONMENT-NAVY SONAR
This January 26, 2008 US Navy handout image shows Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Mark Osborne supervising Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class Randy Loewen(L) and Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Roland Stout as they monitor contacts on an AN/SQQ-89V15 Surface Anti Submarine Combat System, aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) while training in the Pacific Ocean. The US Supreme Court agreed June 23, 2008 to examine President George W. Bush's right to exempt the navy from environmental laws against the use of sonars considered potentially harmful to whales.The navy and environmentalists have dueled in federal court for years over the use of sonar equipment during training exercises off the California coast. Environmentalists argue that the use of sonars has potentially catastrophic consequences for marine life, arguing that their use has disoriented animals and caused mass deaths in the Bahamas and Canary islands. AFP PHOTO/HO/ US NAVY/ MCS2 James R. Evans (Released) = = RESTRICED TO EDITORIAL USE = = GETTY OUT = =
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Pacific Ocean, AT SEA |
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26 Ianuarie 2008 |
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2100 x 1500 (428.27 KB) |
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