yes,specially if it is the case of under ground pipes as it can detect the sound of lowest volume a excess sound is heard it can lead to detection.
Sonar is a method of sound based ranging. Therefore as an object it is not subject to an antonym. There is the principal of radar which can also range, but it uses radio waves instead.
SONAR; SOund Detection And Ranging.
the Challenger
sonar,is used to map mid-ocean ridges:]
One technology oceanographers use to explore the ocean floor is multibeam sonar. This advanced sonar system emits multiple sonar beams in a fan shape to create a detailed 3D map of the seafloor topography. Multibeam sonar helps scientists to accurately study the features and structures of the ocean floor.
RADAR - Radio Detection and Ranging SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging
SONAR is actually an abbreviation for SOund Navigation And Ranging. RADAR is correspondingly an abbreviation for RAdio Detection And Ranging. LIDAR is correspondingly an abbreviation for LIght Detection And Ranging.
Detection of (enemy) submarines.
sonar
Sonar SOund Navigation And Ranging
a system that detects submarines (under water boats) a sonar
Sonar is a method of sound based ranging. Therefore as an object it is not subject to an antonym. There is the principal of radar which can also range, but it uses radio waves instead.
SONAR; SOund Detection And Ranging.
Ocean topography has been determined through sonar detection.
The maximum range of detection for submarines using sonar varies depending on the decibel level. Higher decibel levels can detect submarines at greater distances compared to lower decibel levels.
Richard Charles Curley has written: 'A sonar detection model'
The Royal Navy had Asdic for submarine detection. Initially it was quite primitive. I'm thinking Sonar, as such, is more recent than WW2.