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From: Peter Coxon <coxoff@***.COM>
Subject: Re: 2000 Leagues V1.2
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 17:22:54 UT
>|
>|Hard case deepsea:
>|The Hard Case deep sea diving suit based on the military grade Armour,
>|currently in use by the military and corporate forces all over the world.
The
>|air based suit is designed too withstand the pressure at a depth of 1 km.
The
>|design is based on the late 20th century JIM suit, allowing the diver to
>|surface as quickly as need be by keeping the suit pressure at 1 atmosphere.
>
>I remember reading a National Geographic article on this
>(can't find it now though). Anyway, I'm pretty sure that
>they can go as deep as 2 km.
Okay 2 km it is then......consider it edited.
>|Torpedo Launcher
>|>Now we get to the interesting stuff.
>|>Fisher-King
>| The S-K Thresher for the serious game fisher come with integral
Marine
>|Smartlink, Radar Painter good out to 2000m, It Fire it's own special round
>|that follow Radar signal which is defined by the marine Smartlink. Or if you
>|don't have the privilege of owning one, you just have to point the launcher
in
>|that direction.
>|>Oh Boy!! 2000m!!! Smart Torpedoes!!! Lotsa Damage…He he he!!
>
>Why Radar instead of Sonar? And, it's a whole lot easier
>to wire-guide the torpedo to the target that's been
>identified by the system (and cheaper, you don't waste
>money on a guidance system in the torpedo itself).
>
>And, I'm not sure though, ultra sound has pretty piss poor
>range underwater (or maybe short range resolution).
>
>-David
Okay, What is the definitive long range high quality under water system,
idea's? Ultra sound doesn't seem to be too popular, Radar in the above article
was just me taking the longest range painter from FOF and bunging it in
there...with 1/10th range....
Tim
Ps. Thnax for the quick reply, it's currently 5:22PM here and I check my email
every hour aprx.

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