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Coomb t1_it8w7cx wrote

This is grossly implausible for sonar for a variety of reasons, including (but almost certainly not limited to):

  • potentially very substantial added complexity to receiving microphones in order to extract spectral information from a sonar return (depending on spectrum used)
  • the extremely low bandwidth available from sonar pulses from emitters a practical distance away (at least tens to hundreds of kilometers if not more) because of the attenuation of higher frequency sound in water
  • the high frequency dependence of attenuation and dispersal of sound in water
  • the extremely challenging noise environment at usable frequencies
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