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'Air Bubble' Submarine Pursued by China Would Be Supersonic
NewsMax ^
| August 27, 2014
| Clyde Hughes
Posted on 08/28/2014 3:57:51 AM PDT by lbryce
The "air bubble" theory that would allow a submarine to move through the ocean at supersonic speed could be closer to reality through the work of Chinese scientists.
Called "supercavitating," the theory is being developed into new technology by scientists at the Harbin Institute of Technology's Complex Flow and Heat Transfer Lab, according to the South China Morning Post, and it could allow a submarine to reach supersonic speed underwater.
The "air bubble" technology would allow a submarine to travel from Shanghai to San Francisco in less than two hours, if the technology can actually be pulled off, according to the newspaper.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airbubble; supersonic
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To: lbryce
It’s first practical application will be as an unmanned weapon. If they are already talking about using it as a means of conveyance, my first question is “How far along is the weapon?”
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:28:56 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: lbryce
I’m sure a hypersonic submarine would have no effect on living creatures in the water within five or ten miles.
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:30:49 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: Charles Martel
Let's face it. This institute is just developing new naval weapons, and decided to pretend that it had any type of commercial use.
Someone picked up the story and it got press, but this is all about making a Chinese version of the Russian Shkval torpedo.
IIRC, there were a few Americans busted in Russia and imprisoned for tracking down details of this new torpedo for us.
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:32:06 AM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: lbryce
sick PETA on their asses.
This can’t be good for fish.
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:33:44 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
To: lbryce
um.... if you put a vehicle in an air bubble, wouldn’t it tend to fall to the bottom unless it has some sort of air propulsion system in addition to it’s water propulsion?
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:40:30 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Pecos
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:47:12 AM PDT
by
The_Republic_Of_Maine
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To: lbryce
It’s the same basis as when you fart in a swimming pool and fall to the bottom.
To: lbryce
I understand from another article that the Chinese think they may have overcome the inability to maneuver.
That all sounds great. Hypersonic submarine that has a degree of control.
Problem I see is the ocean is dark. The "eyes" of a sub are via sonar. But this sub travels faster than sound. Even with passive sonar, by the time you get a sonar signal back from the whale, other sub, uncharted undersea mountain, or other debris in front of you, you've already hit it. Active sonar would be even less useful.
I'm sure even a small debris can do a lot of damage when you hit it at those sorts of speeds, not to mention what it would do to your cavitation bubble.
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:05:55 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:07:26 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
To: Jeff Head
Reality is just catching up.
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:08:25 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: lbryce
I wonder how it would sound on SONAR?
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:10:07 AM PDT
by
READINABLUESTATE
("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
To: wetphoenix
Methinks it’s not exactly commercial. More for...well...think underwater ICBMs.
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:22:09 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
To: READINABLUESTATE
I wonder how it would sound on SONAR? Not only would it make a huge swath of sound, surely easily detectable by even a child with an empty soup can and waxed thread, it would likely be acoustically blind to everything around it. All its underwater sensors, sonar, fathometer, etc. would be incapable of "hearing" anything.
So what do you end up having? A submarine that can get from point A to point B in a hurry, all while announcing its presence by anyone with any sort of underwater technology. Once that submarine is at its "point B," it still has to go into whatever its "stealthy" mode is, and do what submarines are supposed to do.
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:44:41 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: wetphoenix
Don’t be silly, planes don’t work under water.
To: Perdogg
It is called Supercavitation.Reminds me of an old girlfriend.
To: ryan71
That wouldn’t bother the chinese. They have billions to choose from.
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:48:06 AM PDT
by
Busko
(One thing is certain, nothing is certain.)
To: ArtDodger
They die. What happens when an airplane hits a mountain?
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:54:44 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
Do you guys think that the engineers who are working on this haven’t thought about whales and what not?
I am sure they have sonar and what not to adjust their course or a big knife on the front to make going through them easier.
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:57:05 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: texas booster
Agreed, this sort of technology may be suitable for an unmanned weapon, but using as the article suggests is pure science fiction.
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posted on
08/28/2014 7:02:20 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
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