US Navy, PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii: U.S. District Court Judge issued a temporary restraining order July 3 barring the use of mid-frequency active sonar during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006 multinational exercise.
The exercise, involving more than 19,000 Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Soldiers and Coast Guardsmen, along with 35 surface ships, six submarines, 160 tactical aircraft, and amphibious forces, will continue without mid-frequency active sonar.
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