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China's new submarine engine is poised to revolutionize underwater warfare
Popular Science ^ | June 2, 2017 | Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Posted on 06/04/2017 8:07:15 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

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1 posted on 06/04/2017 8:07:15 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

First sentence mistake. A TYPHOON is a boomer, an AKULA is an attack boat. RED OCTOBER was a boomer.


2 posted on 06/04/2017 8:10:43 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: bravo whiskey

Who’d they steal that idea from?


3 posted on 06/04/2017 8:13:00 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: bravo whiskey

Nope, the Akula was the Soviet reporting name for what NATO classified as the Typhoon class.


4 posted on 06/04/2017 8:13:11 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Bookmark


5 posted on 06/04/2017 8:15:27 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: bravo whiskey
Damn, you beat me to it.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

6 posted on 06/04/2017 8:16:40 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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7 posted on 06/04/2017 8:20:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Jeff Head

Ping! No pun intended.


8 posted on 06/04/2017 8:21:51 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Run sirent, run deep.


9 posted on 06/04/2017 8:27:02 PM PDT by lacrew
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Nope, the Akula was the Soviet reporting name for what NATO classified as the Typhoon class.

"Typhoon" is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Ballistic Missile Project 941 Акула (Akula, Russian for "Shark") submarines.

"Akula" was the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Fast attack Project 971 Щука-Б (Shchuka, Russian for "Pike") submarines.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

10 posted on 06/04/2017 8:27:27 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I suspect that a real MHD drive system such as the one described in the Tom Clancy book would generate a massive magnetic fringing field with a very easy-to-detect time waveform.

We already use magnetic field disturbances to detect enemy submarines (among other means). A multi-megawatt MHD drive system would have made it easier, I’m quite sure.


11 posted on 06/04/2017 8:38:55 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Disambiguator

Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.


12 posted on 06/04/2017 8:44:49 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Keyhopper

Good question. The ChiComs steal everything. They are not very innovative.


13 posted on 06/04/2017 8:50:50 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Redcitizen

The internet version is an acronym: Packet Inter Net Groper.

Al Gore must have spent time with Joe Biden the day they came up with that one.


14 posted on 06/04/2017 8:50:58 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: BBell

don’t kid yourself.

If they are innovative enough to steal, they can innovate.


15 posted on 06/04/2017 8:57:35 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BBell

don’t kid yourself.

If they are innovative enough to steal, they can innovate.


16 posted on 06/04/2017 8:57:35 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Disambiguator

Now that is a good one


17 posted on 06/04/2017 9:01:24 PM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Wercome to the new wold, Captain Lamius.


18 posted on 06/04/2017 9:06:17 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: BBell

The Dyson fan underwater version. Not exactly new.


19 posted on 06/04/2017 9:07:34 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Read later.


20 posted on 06/04/2017 9:08:01 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Is it not too late to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary's crimes?z)
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