Seagull class missile boat
To: sukhoi-30mki
They'll keep working on the frequency of response characteristics until they get that down to near invisibility ~ and then it's all over for their enemies.
Chang Kai Shek would be so proud of his peeps!
2 posted on
07/04/2011 5:58:25 AM PDT by
muawiyah
To: sukhoi-30mki
That topside is a pretty tough sell for anything resembling stealth.
Stealth depends on much more than coatings:
#1 Size, apertures, superstructure
#2 Shape
#3 Coatings, treatments
There are also many curious phenomena associated with the sea - temperature inversions, humidity layers all sorts of things that can make the results seem what they may not be.
To: sukhoi-30mki
Tests showed that a navy 50-tonne Seagull-class missile boat painted with the material was not spotted on a radar screen until it could be seen with the naked eye I had a radar like that, once.
To: sukhoi-30mki
Now where is that guy with the carburetor that makes a V8 average a hundred miles to a gal.
To: sukhoi-30mki
A 171 tonne vessal with only four missiles? Something does not seem right.
9 posted on
07/04/2011 7:30:45 AM PDT by
Rannug
To: sukhoi-30mki
PT109 would be proud.
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22 posted on
07/16/2011 4:48:09 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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