China claims it has found a way to create a supersonic underwater
vessel that could travel from China to San Francisco in less than two
hours using new developments in supercavitation. This could be extremely
useful for travel — but also for the development of underwater weapons.
In fact, this is a military project.
This technique was originally developed for Shakval,
a torpedo capable of reaching 370 km/h developed by the Soviet Navy
during the Cold War. The size of the bubble and the speed was limited.
Now this new Chinese research claims they have found a way to
generate a much bigger air bubble, drastically reducing friction of
large underwater vessels.
They say they would be able to create a
full-size supercavitating submarine capable of reaching the speed of
sound underwater — about 5800km/h. That or a sneaky, big arse supersonic
nuclear missile, of course.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Science China Says New Supersonic Sub Would Reach San Francisco In 100 Minutes
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