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To: Blurb2350
Has anyone successfully used cavitation on ocean-going vessels?

Assuming you mean supercavitation then it's been used on torpedoes and there have been tests done on larger underwater craft. Problem with it is that it's noisy. A submarine using supercavitation would be instantly detectable by any sonar system for hundreds of miles and the noise it generates would blind its own sonar.

40 posted on 10/24/2020 2:18:32 PM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: Lower Deck

Yes, I should have said supercavitation. I remember reading that it had been developed — or was in development — for torpedos, but it was still a dream for subs. I searched “how fast can a sub go” and learned that the Chinese claim to have developed a supercavitating sub that can go something like 4,000 mph! Sounds like an opium-pipe dream.


44 posted on 10/24/2020 4:01:03 PM PDT by Blurb2350
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To: Lower Deck

Sounds like the noise generated could be used to hid multiple launched torpedoes in a swarm type attack.


67 posted on 10/24/2020 9:20:08 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Medicare for All = Medical Care for None!)
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