A committee set up in 1918 to develop an underwater sound ranging device to detect submerged submarines. The term Asdic was widely used during WW2 to describe this equipment but it was eventually replaced by Sonar.
Yikomiti eyamiselwa ngo-1918 ukuphuhlisa isixhobo sikuva isandi ngaphantsi kwamanzi ukufumana iinkwili. Igama elithi-Asdic lalisetyenziswa kakhulu ngexesha le-WW2 ukuchaza izixhobo kodwa sathathelwa indawo yiSona.