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To: claudwitz
Take the Kursk incident, which is widely speculated to be a fail test of a cavitating torpedo.

Imagine now building a submarine that would launch cavitating torpedo/missiles that would cruise under the water at high speeds until just offshore, at which point they come up out of the water and act like a cruise missile, flying at less than 500 feet and impacting a city before anyone even knew they were coming.

12 posted on 11/18/2004 4:43:58 AM PST by Crusher138 (Support capitalism. Check out www.USAPoliTees.com)
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To: Crusher138
Take the Kursk incident, which is widely speculated to be a fail test of a cavitating torpedo.

Actually, it was caused by their equivalent of a Mark 48 heavyweight torpedo.

Imagine now building a submarine that would launch cavitating torpedo/missiles that would cruise under the water at high speeds until just offshore, at which point they come up out of the water and act like a cruise missile, flying at less than 500 feet and impacting a city before anyone even knew they were coming.

The weapon would be bigger than most submarines, or the underwater phase would be extremely short.

16 posted on 11/18/2004 5:27:19 AM PST by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: Jeff Head

Has this guy been reading your books?


23 posted on 11/18/2004 6:08:11 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (You can turn your head away from the Berg video and still hear Al Queda's calls to prayer.n)
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To: Crusher138
That's one of the developments that occurs in:

THE DRAGON'S FURY SERIES.

Except these supercavitators are monsters and true underwater cruise missiles...6-8 ft diameter and 40 ft long. Launched off larger surface vessels...including container ships.

26 posted on 11/18/2004 6:29:39 AM PST by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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