| From: | Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk |
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| Subject: | Shipping (was Re: the value of education) |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:07:00 +0100 |
Renouf <renouf@********.com> writes
> That was the "SeaShadow." I don't recall it's designation. It
>wasn't actually a hydrofoil, though. It was a SWATH (small
>waterplane area, twin hull) design. Very stable, minimal wake, decent
>speed. Also too damn expensive to be really useful. You're better off
>launching stealth aircraft from carriers than trying to build stealth
>ships, IMHO.
The Swedish Navy thinks differently - they're building low-observable
coastal ships (the Gotland class IIRC).
Reducing the signature of ships doesn't so much make them invisible, as
increase the effectiveness of their countermeasures (there's less signal and
just as much noise)
--
Paul J. Adam
