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Iran Test Fires High-Speed Torpedo Sunday
nbcnews.com ^
| 5/8/17
| Courtney Kube
Posted on 05/08/2017 1:49:24 PM PDT by ColdOne
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Paid for by USA taxpayer. Thanks obama/valjar! Pffft!
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posted on
05/08/2017 1:49:24 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
To: ColdOne
Will it have “Estes” marked on the side?
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posted on
05/08/2017 1:50:21 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: ColdOne
Wait. 200 knots underwater? Pull the other one.
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posted on
05/08/2017 1:51:38 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(I kill you filthy Vorga.)
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
05/08/2017 1:56:25 PM PDT
by
Az Joe
(Gloria in excelsis Deo)
To: ColdOne
at a speed of about 200 knots per hourDid she really say "knots per hour"?
Really?
Of course I've known that many a modern-day 'journalist' is about as knowledgeable as a wad of soiled toilet paper, but for someone like Courtney Kube who sports a high-powered title such as "National Security Producer & Reporter at NBC News" to display such utter ignorance is quite a feat.
Well done, Courtney!
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posted on
05/08/2017 1:57:24 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: ColdOne
Glad I’m not the only one who wondered how that was possible.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:06:29 PM PDT
by
STJPII
To: ColdOne
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:07:21 PM PDT
by
MAGA2017
To: Zeppo
Did she really say "knots per hour"?The ignorance of modern 'journalists' knows no bounds.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:08:45 PM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
To: ColdOne
Sounds like the VA-111 Shkval.
To: Az Joe
Air cavitation torps are very fast, much closer to 200 versus 20 knots. IMHO Russia has them on the Kursk. Hope we have the equivalent.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:09:59 PM PDT
by
mcshot
To: Az Joe
Do a little research on “supercavitating torpedo”.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:10:20 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:10:34 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
To: PLMerite
Skval = Shkval.
Not drunk enough to type Russian correctly.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:11:21 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
To: MAGA2017
Yes...the Hoot. That is a hoot, no?
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:12:42 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: mcshot
Typical countermeasures can collapse the cavitation bubble causing the high speed torpedo to “slam” into the opposite side of the bubble. The problem is getting the countermeasures in play fast enough.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:14:03 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: DocRock
There is also the issue of tracking while inside of the cavitation bubble, or getting an external guidance command wire to remain intact at that speed.
This class of torpedo is best suited to deliver an unguided tactical nuclear payload, where precision is not necessary.
Because of this, an Iranian version is no threat until they can miniaturize a nuclear warhead sufficiently to fit inside of the torpedo.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:19:49 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: ColdOne
250 mph under water? That’s quite a trick.................must be made of unobtanium................
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:29:12 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Tijeras_Slim
The Russians sold them some?..................
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:30:09 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: NorthMountain
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:30:17 PM PDT
by
Az Joe
(Gloria in excelsis Deo)
To: ColdOne
People doubt this but it’s probably true.
it’s probably a Schkval system bought from the Russians right off the shelf or it’s a slight Iranian variation on that Tech.
it’s an underwater rocket that uses supercavitation.
It’s probably unguided and it’s very dangerous for the launcher to use.
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posted on
05/08/2017 2:31:44 PM PDT
by
gaijin
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