launching something from 100miles away that makes the devils own noise and can't turn/can't turn well at a moving target, well...
Posted on 08/24/2014 6:00:06 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Yes, super cavitation is indeed not new.
Perfecting it for either sub surface transportation, or as supercavitating torpedoes with any significant range remains a critical engineering challenge
The successful accomplishment of doing just that was a big part, as you know, of my:
Dragon’s Fury: World War against America and the West
http://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Fury-World-against-America/dp/0971577900
novel
the generic picture I supplied is the exact model I had....er HAVE.
my son now owns it. it is from late 50s early 60s. had to replace the rubber band propulsion system a few times.
Will this mean the end of “a slow boat to China” phrase?
Hmm, interesting since that contradicts the article’s claims that it is a new development that you can now guide things which are using super-cavitation.
Yes, that would certainly seem to be a pretty obvious arrow. Though at 100 miles out, you do have some time to run (certainly more time to run when launching at 10 miles and unless I understand poorly, that usually gives you away as well).
From the article it says you have to start with a large velocity, so the option of a quiet launch and then run before it gets up to ludicrous speed isn’t there.
It would have to travel at almost 4000 mph. Quite a feat underwater.
They claim the speed of sound in water in the article.
Looking that up, it’s 4748 fps at 50F and that’s pretty damned fast. Speed of sound in air for comparison is 1100 fps.
The article is misleading. The Russian torpedoes use rocket nozzles for guidance, as I recall. What the Chinese are doing is a different technique.
Interesting. Sorta like wrapping the ship in a subparticle displacement field, keeping the ship in bubble of unaltered space, in order to exceed the speed of light and to jump to warp speed.
But what about the whales and dolphins?
They’ll have follow up Boats to collect the Noms
I admit I do get the sense that the article could very well have been a feeder from the ChiCom government. I understand that the paper in question has a recent history of being in their pocket.
Someone with GIS capability should see if there is a straight line plot between PRC and CONUS. BTW, what about great circle plots, since there really isn’t a straight line on a globe.
Seems like atolls, biologics, internal waves, etc. are considerations. Lots of krappola to get in the way.
I believe it was the instability of the Shval torpedo that lead to the explosion on the Kursk...
Figure it from the perspective of the energy requirements to open a corridor in water for passage. The energy requirements go up a cubic curve relative to velocity. Maximum energy available is a limiting propulsion factor. At sufficient velocity the energy dissipated obviates the need for a warhead.
The dynamic pressure to the leading structure inflates the bubble and high pressure gas forms a barrier between water and the vessel hull. At some point the speed of sound within the gas will be exceeded by the vessel, and the barrier will fail. Cavitation damage results from fluid flow induced by the collapse of a gas bubble.
The nosecone of the Shakval was wetted and contained the seeker head. It also provided dynamic lift in combination with propulsion, to aid suspending the torpedo above the bottom of the gas cavity. Small attitude changes of the wetted contact area create large side thrust at speed. A minimal contact patch ahead of the main vessel bulk must be present for sensing, unless run blind with inertial guidance.
Simple answer, nuke the whales.
launching something from 100miles away that makes the devils own noise and can't turn/can't turn well at a moving target, well...
I resonate with what you are saying.
Speaking as a non-military person, I believe these have (far) more potential use as a military weapon, than a civilian submarine.
A civilian submarine would mean mass use, and would (inevitably) cause collisions between it, and living tissue in large sea animals.
However as a weapon that would not matter. It would be rare, and simply result in a miss for that shot. Just my take. I have no military background so this is just an opinion.
yeah..and all the other large fishies! Yikes!
They’ll be Spandex Jackets, one for everyone.
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