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Before you read on, comment what you think the A in sonar stands for. csferrie.medium.com/what-does-th...

csferrie.medium.comWhat does the A in sonar stand for?This is the sort of question that starts as a harmless curiosity and ends with two grown adults arguing like children on a naval history…

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@dutchnewchurch.bsky.social

11 Apr

I wish I had commented before reading; that's more or less what I already thought the story to be. In the British version of military history (and the English language), the devices were originally called ASDIC and RDF. The (better) American names are the ones that stuck.

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@rdsb3dh.bsky.social

11 Apr

And?