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Old 12-05-2008, 01:55 PM MD11F is offline     #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by canarymoon View Post
There is a rather sophisticated defensive system that uses high frequency sound, with which SOME cruise ships are equipped. I believe it may be called a "LARS."

Perhaps someone who is up to snuff on this device can chime in with further information.
Sheila, it's called Long Range Acoustic Device(LRAD).(poor LARS, pun intended) I mentioned this in post #2. Click on the links below.

Long range acoustic device - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HowStuffWorks "How LRAD Works"

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