+DieChecker Posted August 27, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 27, 2014 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/27/china_researches_supersonic_submarine/ China reportedly wants to enter the world of supersonic transport – underwater.Rather than working up its own successor-to-Concorde project, the South China Morning Post says scientists at Harbin Institute of Technology's Complex Flow and Heat Transfer Lab are working on developing a technique called supercavitation, first pursued by the Soviet military during the Cold War. I can see a couple problems with this idea. One being large animals in the water. Sharks, dolphins, orca, whales... If a rocket assisted underwater vehicle hit a large animal, it is over.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted August 27, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 27, 2014 http://www.theregist...onic_submarine/ I can see a couple problems with this idea. One being large animals in the water. Sharks, dolphins, orca, whales... If a rocket assisted underwater vehicle hit a large animal, it is over.... True - and the name of the survival game in subs is stealth. No boat could move faster than the offensive weaponry used to attack it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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