You might be familiar with whale & dolphin mass beachings at various locations around the world, but you might not be aware of what’s causing it. These mass suicides are caused by a new sonar weapon that both the US & GB navies, for example, are developing. It’s intended to disrupt the sonar systems on enemy ships and torpedoes but it has some horrible side effects. Scientists proved that it causes bleeding from and cancerous lesions in the ears of all the beached dolphins & whales. The only reason they intentionally beach themselves is to die. When a blight like the morbilli virus causes beachings, they are sporadic and spread out over time, not happening simultaneously to dozens of dolphins & whales in a small area.
The US Navy, when confronted with undeniable proof, finally admitted they’ve known about the problem and are trying to keep testing to a minimum. They also said they must keep testing these weapons, but that could be a half-truth. It’s very likely that the testing, use, and/or production of offensive sonar weaponry can be banned by international treaty. We might not be able to get them never to use a defensive version that would protect a ship or submarine when a sound-seeking torpedo is fired at it, but we should be able to restrict testing to specific areas. Those areas would have either ear-irritating underwater sirens and/or sea nets installed to prevent whales & dolphins from entering.
If a foreign power were to ignore an international treaty and develop sonar weapons to incapacitate and/or destroy, for example, some of our subs, not only should the US, GB, etc be able to prove that in advance of any concerted hostile use, but we would also have plenty to fall back on, including Mutual Assured Destruction. No such nation would want to follow in Iraq’s footsteps, either. SINCE THE SUPERPOWERS BANNED THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BANNED ABOVE-GROUND NUCLEAR TESTING, AND LIMITED THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THERE’S NO REASON TO THINK THEY CAN’T BAN THE USE OF OFFENSIVE SONAR WEAPONRY. Do a search on "sonar weapons" to find a few sites worth visiting.
