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| USN Releases Photo Of Supercavitating 'Ghost' Ship |
| 2011-08-12 |
| The U.S. Navy has lifted its block on images of Ghost, the first super-cavitating stealth craft developed, by Juliet Marine Systems. The craft is a combination of stealth fighter aircraft and attack helicopter technologies packaged in a marine platform and Juliet has now published its image. Juliet said development of Ghost, done without government funding, was in many ways as difficult as breaking the sound barrier. Ghost is a combination aircraft/boat that has been designed to fly through an artificial underwater gaseous environment that creates 900 times less hull friction than water. Ghost technology adapts to manned or unmanned, surface or submerged applications. "Any Navy possessing Ghost technology could operate in international waters undetected and would have an overwhelming advantage against conventional ships," the company said. "Ghost is specifically designed for Fleet Force Protection at its present size. Ghost technology is scalable and JMS is discussing a plan to build a larger corvette-sized vessel (150 feet) by working with a large international defense company. Juliet Marine, which has headquarters in New Hampshire, said a squadron of the super-cavitating craft wouldn't be detectable to enemy ship radar and sensors and they can carry thousands of pounds of weapons, including Mark 48 torpedoes. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 Almost a FALCON HSV/HTV - hopefully it won't get as "lost". Meanwhile ... * WAFF > AS CHINA LAUNCHES ITS FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER, US CUTS AIRCRAFT CARRIER FLEET | US NAVY DISBANDS A CARRIER STRIKE GROUP [CSG]. The USN will have 9 ea. CSGS to operat wid 11 CVNS, although in time it will have 9 CSGS for 9 tote CVNS. * DAILY TIMES. PK > JAPAN CALLS FOR CHINA TO EXPLAIN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. * WORLD MIL FORUM > CHINA WARNS US, JAPAN THAT IT CONSIDERS JAPAN'S NEW "HELICOPTER DESTROYER" AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO BE A "STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE" WEAPON, NOT "DEFENSIVE", HENCE IS ACCCEPTABLE TO BE TARGETED FOR DESTRUCTION BY CHINA'S SECOND ARTILLERY CORPS. * SAME > KYODO NEWS: JAPAN'S CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY WARNS THAT JAPAN MAY RETALIATE MILITARILY WID JSDF COMBAT FORCES [Ground, Naval, Air] AGZ ANY PLA INVASION + OCCUPATION OF THE DISPUTED DAOYUS [Japan = Senkakus]. CHINA'S FM RESPONDS BY WARNING JAPAN THAT ANY PERMANENT BASING OF JDSF UNITS IN THE DAOYUS, OR THE USE OF JSDF FORCES IN THE MILITARY DEFENSE OF TAIWAN, WILL BE DEEMED A "HOSTILE ACT" BY JAPAN AGZ CHINA [Act(s) of War] REQUIRING PLA COUNTER-RESPONSE. * SAME > DRAGON'S BREATH [Fire] 2020: PLA DESIGN + ENGINEERING TEAMS TO DEV LR LAND ATTACK + ANTI-NAVAL TLCM, TLBM COMBAT SYSTEMS FOR CHINA'S FUTURE AIRCRAFT CARRIER FORCE. * SAME > JAPANESE NAVAL STRATEGISTS: CHINA'S "VARYAG" CVT + SIMILAR MEDIUM-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ARE NOT POTENT ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE OR DEFEAT US NAVAL NUCLEAR CARRIER SUPREMACY IN THE PACIFIC [or anywhere else]. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUMS: USAF: RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK TO REPLACE U-2 IN 2015. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-08-12 22:10 |
