Russia new wonder weapon?

[tesco samoa]

its about control of the illegal economy in ireland now. 'Used to finance our political agenda'

[Timstone]

You do know this is an excellent idea?

[ZeroAdunn]

Originally posted by Tnarg:
I just caught the tail end of a report on CNN regarding Russia's new wonder weapon or something.

What are you talking about Russia is a wonder weapon

[Timstone]

The url Puke gave states that the Russian Military tested the weapon. That is ridiculous! Half the country can't feed itself the other half is so devasated by crime that they can't do anything usefull for the world or their country (Trust me, I know, I've been to Russia and the surrounding countries quite a few times, and my GF comes from Poland. So I receive a lot of news from that corner of the world). And Putin has to develop a new weapon. Can't he do something useful for his people?
Yeah, I know a new weapon sells. And a good selling weapon means profit. But you can be assurd that the profit he gains won't go to Mother Russia. The great can of money will be emptied in useless things like the Tjetchin War.
Stupid arse.

Sorry if I sound a bit angry, but this is soooo grrr....

[Atrocities]

Russia is so crippled by crime that now they must export it to the USA. My insurance agent was telling me about all these russian car accident scams. My god that is frightening.

To think the guy who slams on his breaks in front of you ACTUALLY wants an accident. I am a big advocate for dash board cameras.

"You rear-ended me. I sue you for million dollars!"
"Well ok, see you in court."

-COURT-
"So Mr. Solvic, you claim that my client just ran into you?"
"Yes. He is poor driver. I have many broken necks cause of him. My wife and childrend go hungry as I no can work because of him."
"Really. So your saying that you did nothing to cause this accident?"
"I do nothing, I drive in stait line and boom, I hit from back end."

Show video of russian driver cutting you off and slaming on breaks. Car has no break lights, but tires screech.

Jury finds for defendant 100%

[Yef]

Scientific American reports that China has purchased around 40 Shkval torpedoes from Kazakstan,

Hey, I didn't know Kazajstan had a navy!
The Caspian Sea Navy, perhaps?

[Puke]

I read about those a few years back, but they had supprising little press coverage. really cool stuff!

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

If cavitation is making prop noise, then super cavitation is making lotsa prop noise. I always thought that was bad in sub warfare. Isn't that why the U.S. finally invented swim out torpedoes to reduce the noise during launch? So I guess the Russians assume that with a 200 mph torpedo, enemy subs won't have time to even notice. That really is more impressive then a maneuvorable re-entry vehicle for an ICBM.

Speaking of ICBM's, why doesn't someone make a heated toilet seat!

[Yef]

The Russian super-torpedo:


"In 1997 Russia announced that it had developed a high-speed unguided underwater torpedo, which has no equivalent in the West. Code-named the Shkval or "Squall," the Russian torpedo reportedly travels so fast that no U.S. defense can stop it.

In late 2000, after the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk, new reports began circulating that the Chinese navy had bought the Shkval torpedo.

"The Shkval" stated Richard Fisher, a defense analyst and senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, "was designed to give Soviet subs with less capable sonar the ability to kill U.S. submarines before U.S. wire-guided anti-sub torpedoes could reach their target. The Chinese navy would certainly want to have this kind of advantage over U.S. subs in the future. At the speed that it travels, the Shkval could literally punch a hole in most U.S. ships, with little need for an explosive warhead."

"This torpedo travels at a speed of 200 knots, or five to six times the speed of a normal torpedo, and is especially suited for attacking large ships such as aircraft carriers," Fisher said. "


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"Pope, an American businessman, was charged by Russian authorities with spying, specifically that he had sought to buy plans for the "ultra-high-speed torpedo."

"Evidence does suggest" said Scientific American, "that both incidents revolved around an amazing and little-reported technology that allows naval weapons and vessels to travel submerged at hundreds of miles per hour � in some cases, faster than the speed of sound in water."

The new technology that allows for these superfast torpedoes "is based on the physical phenomenon of supercavitation."

According to Scientific American, the new generation of torpedoes, some believed capable of carrying nuclear warheads, are surrounded by a "renewable envelope of gas so that the liquid wets very little of the body's surface, thereby drastically reducing the viscous drag" on the torpedo.

The new technology "could mean a quantum leap in naval warfare that is analogous in some ways to the move from prop planes to jets or even to rockets and missiles."

[Yef]

More about the squall:


"The Shkval is a 6,000-pound rocket torpedo, about 27 feet long with a range of about 7,500 yards. It can fly through the water at more than 230 miles an hour.

The solid-rocket-propelled "torpedo" achieves this high speed by producing a high-pressure stream of bubbles from its nose and skin, which coats the weapon in a thin layer of gas. The Shkval flies underwater inside a giant "envelope" of gas bubbles in a process called "supercavitation."

The Shkval is so fast that it is guided by an autopilot rather than by a homing head as on most torpedoes. The original Shkval was designed to carry a tactical nuclear warhead detonated by a simple timer clock. However, the Russians recently began advertising a homing Version, which runs out at very high speed, then slows to search for its target.

"As there are no known countermeasures to such a weapon," stated David Miler in an April 1995 article "Supercavitation Going to War in a Bubble" (Jane's Intelligence Review), "its development could have significant effect on future maritime operations, both surface and subsurface, and could put Western naval forces at a considerable disadvantage."

Scientific American reports that China has purchased around 40 Shkval torpedoes from Kazakstan, "raising the possibility that Beijing could threaten American naval forces in a future confrontation in the Taiwan Strait." The magazine also says that a Chinese submarine officer was on board the ill-fated Kursk "to observe the test of the new Version of the Shkval."