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Japanese whalers using 'military' sonic device: activists..LRAD is a device sometimes used for crowd control and also by US forces in Iraq. It has also been used by ships to repel pirates in waters off Somalia...18 December 2009 Anti-whaling activists accused Japanese fishermen Friday of using a military-type sonic device and water cannon against their helicopter as risky skirmishes in Antarctic seas escalated. The Sea Shepherd animal rights group said the whalers used a Long Range Acoustical Device (LRAD) to repel the activists' helicopter, and then blasted the aircraft with water after it landed back on the anti-whalers' ship. "This was an extremely irresponsible thing to do," helicopter pilot Chris Aultman said of the sonic equipment....
Date: 2009-12-18
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