In my recent letter to the editor I stated that regarding Naval submarines, “Turning off their Sonar and blinding the sub is a good recipe for chopped blubber.” Beate Nilsen, in her letter of Feb. 7 states that “Jack Singleton would have us believe [that sonar is], a little innocuous noise in the water.” This emotional, teary-eyed response is not what I said about sonar. I wouldn’t call high-powered sonar innocuous. I would call it necessary to get the range required for collision avoidance including whale avoidance. I also wouldn’t call it noise. I’d call it well structured signaling. Beate should also go after Tooth Whales who also use sonar for navigation and lunch locating. The Navy does not want to show its hand to the enemy and that’s why they do not advertise what they are doing. It’s interesting that only our military is singled out for criticism when freighters, tankers and cruise ships also use sonar for collision avoidance.
I bet she’s also using the global warming sham propaganda as an excuse to shut down America’s industry. Environmentalism is a handy tool for covering up subversive activity. Where is Joe McCarthy and his subversive chasing Un-American Activities Committee when we need him? It would be dangerous to blind a nuclear submarine by outlawing their collision avoidance system, sonar. We could have the wreckage of nuclear subs washing up on our beaches spewing deadly uranium into the sand. This is all a moot discussion anyway since the official jurisdiction of state agencies such as the Coastal Commission is limited to three miles offshore.
Jack Singleton