When it comes to sound, the F-35 is really loud. Tests have the F-35 being perceived as four times as loud as an F-16 and many times louder than an A-10.
Africa’s largest city is closing dozens of mosques, churches and nightclubs in a bid to reduce noise for its 20 million residents long used to lusty hymn-singing, honking horns and boom boxes that rattle the foundations of homes.
Noise pollution, generally an unintended byproduct of urbanisation, transport and industry, is a key characteristic of human development and population growth.