It's not the watermen that I am talking about. Its more the Navy as a research institution. The effects were treated as taboo among the engineers because its a

It's not the watermen that I am talking about. Its more the Navy as a research institution. The effects were treated as taboo among the engineers because its a catch 22. It's technology that has a lot of unresolved (and almost definitely negative) effects on marine life, but at the same time the technology is extremely important to things like mapping the seafloor and autonomous navigation.