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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:23:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryNamed for the constellation, Pegasus was originally intended to be named Delphinus, but during development and discussion it began being nicknamed 'dull-penis', so the name was dropped. 
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:26:32 PM EDT
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Don't know why the US would see the need to put men in a torpedo.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:27:28 PM EDT
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Saw this one in Panama City Beach a few weeks ago. Actually, two of them and they didn't like having their picture taken.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:32:42 PM EDT
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Weird looking little fucker.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:36:59 PM EDT
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All the walking surfaces had the same treatment as the deck on a carrier.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:40:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They can just give them to the police after a year or two. They will find "enemies" to use them against.  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It's pointless to spend money on the military when the administration (and by tolerating it the American people) are too cowed or stupid to utilize any of it in an effective, much less efficient, manner. It's the same as Ray Charles buying a Ferrari collection. Lots of money spent on maintenance intensive depreciating assets with no purpose. They can just give them to the police after a year or two. They will find "enemies" to use them against. I'm sure Texas could use it.  |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:40:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I bet Hydrophones eat that shit up. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"We’re basically riding on two supercavitating torpedoes. And we’ve put a boat on top of it,” Sancoff says. <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2012/06/21/juliet-marines-ghost-ship-emerges-from-stealth-startup-gears-up-for-war/attachment/patent_diagram/" target="_blank">http://www.xconomy.com/wordpress/wp-content/images/2012/06/patent_diagram-300x210.png</a>At the front of each foil is a special propeller system that pulls the craft forward. The propellers are powered by a modified gas turbine—a jet engine—housed in each foil; the air intake and exhaust ports for the engines are in the struts. As the ship moves through the water, the motion of the propellers creates a thin layer of bubbly water vapor that surrounds each foil from front to back, helped along by the presence of "air trap fins” that keep the vapor in contact with the hull (and keep liquid away from the hull). The vapor is what constitutes the supercavitation, so the foils can glide effortlessly through the bubbles. I bet Hydrophones eat that shit up. Does sound a bit noisy, doesn't it? |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:47:48 PM EDT
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Repeated this, so everyone can see who is at the trough looking for some Gov't tit to suck on.
Quote Historya few notables on the Julliet bod Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board For biographical information, please click on a name below. Gregory E. Sancoff ~ Chairman of the Board of Directors President/CEO, Juliet Marine Systems, Inc. David M. Barrett, M.D. ~ Director ]Hon. Jay M. Cohen, RADM USN (Ret) ~ Director, Science Advisor Admiral James R. Hogg, USN (Ret) ~ Director Kevin Kinsella ~ Director Thomas R. Richards, RADM USN (Ret) ~ Director Hon. Paul Schneider ~ Science Advisor Senator John E. Sununu, Jr. ~ Director Eric Womble ~ Director, Science Advisor |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 2:54:40 PM EDT
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That's nice, but he needs to haul in the bullshit claims that he can't back with measured data.
The damn windscreens are so heavy they had to add props to keep them from sagging, and maybe keep them in the frame. The part he's getting right is the damn near impossibility of selling something to the Pentagon that it didn't request. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 3:11:06 PM EDT
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Neva been done befo
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Posted: 8/22/2014 3:18:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryPegasus class had Harpoon missiles and a 76mm Oto Molera. This one... ? |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 3:21:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe concept is very different from a hydrofoil. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 3:27:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pegasus class had Harpoon missiles and a 76mm Oto Molera. This one... ? Quote HistoryQuoted: Pegasus class had Harpoon missiles and a 76mm Oto Molera. This one... ?  |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 5:33:13 PM EDT
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Pegasus class had Harpoon missiles and a 76mm Oto Molera. This one... ? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Pegasus class had Harpoon missiles and a 76mm Oto Molera. This one... ? I believe when this was brought up a couple years back they showed interior pics and the walls are all made of plywood. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 5:46:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/22/2014 6:35:21 PM EDT
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I worked for Adm Hogg for a couple of years, and briefed Adm Cohen a few times. If those two think there's a pony in there somewhere, I'm ready to start shoveling.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 6:40:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Saw this one in Panama City Beach a few weeks ago. Actually, two of them and they didn't like having their picture taken. http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/ab5996/Arfcom/A21FABAB-9AE0-4BE5-8CDD-80160E89BFB8.jpg And yet they're in a heavily populated area, sitting around in the middle of heavy boat traffic, in broad daylight? |
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Posted: 8/23/2014 9:12:08 AM EDT
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That's right. We saw it near the dock, got closer and wanted close up pics and they quickly un-assed the area. Saw this too.
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Posted: 8/23/2014 9:32:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
"We’re basically riding on two supercavitating torpedoes. And we’ve put a boat on top of it,” Sancoff says. <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2012/06/21/juliet-marines-ghost-ship-emerges-from-stealth-startup-gears-up-for-war/attachment/patent_diagram/" target="_blank">http://www.xconomy.com/wordpress/wp-content/images/2012/06/patent_diagram-300x210.png</a>At the front of each foil is a special propeller system that pulls the craft forward. The propellers are powered by a modified gas turbine—a jet engine—housed in each foil; the air intake and exhaust ports for the engines are in the struts. As the ship moves through the water, the motion of the propellers creates a thin layer of bubbly water vapor that surrounds each foil from front to back, helped along by the presence of "air trap fins” that keep the vapor in contact with the hull (and keep liquid away from the hull). The vapor is what constitutes the supercavitation, so the foils can glide effortlessly through the bubbles. 
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Posted: 8/23/2014 9:33:36 AM EDT
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First thing I thought of when I read the article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Shadow_%28IX-529%29 |
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