What is sonar ( sound navigation and ranging )?



What is sonar ( sound navigation and ranging )?..

Answer / Jaylok Kumar

Sonar stands for Sound Navigation And Ranging. It is a system used to locate objects underwater by sending out pulses of sound waves and listening for the echo when they hit the object. The time it takes for the echo to return can be used to calculate the distance to the object.

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