• US Navy testing two 50-mph warships
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[QUOTE=farmatyr;17983484]In Norway we have these stealthed puppies. Wiki quote: [img]http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/skjold/images/Skjold_6.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] we swedes got a much better ship [media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/K32_HMS_Helsingborg_Anchored-of-Gotska-Sandoen_cropped.jpg[/media]
I can't believe that since they cost $460m and a B-2 bomber costs £2.1b you could buy 4 of those AND have change for the price of one stealth bomber.
Should've gotten more aircraft carriers
[QUOTE=dubhnight;17989294]I can't believe that since they cost $460m and a B-2 bomber costs £2.1b you could buy 4 of those AND have change for the price of one stealth bomber.[/QUOTE] The B-2 costs that much because each one needs a special hanger that's climate controlled, has acoustic dampening walls, etc. it's like buying a reptile from the tropics
[QUOTE=Dr.C;17989390]The B-2 costs that much because each one needs a special hanger that's climate controlled, has acoustic dampening walls, etc. it's like buying a reptile from the tropics[/QUOTE] Is it really that loud?
Fuck yeah hydrofoils
[QUOTE=bigdoggie;17989889]Is it really that loud?[/QUOTE] No, it's actually really quiet. it's stealth in all aspects. It's just that the B-2 is so incredibly delicate.
I'm still puzzled for the need of acoustic dampening walls on the hanger.
:saddowns: Fucking big ships
[QUOTE=johan svensk;17987848]we swedes got a much better ship [media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/K32_HMS_Helsingborg_Anchored-of-Gotska-Sandoen_cropped.jpg[/media][/QUOTE] Oh yeah? How about the flagship of the Finnish navy [media]http://i36.tinypic.com/2wp5cvp.png[/media] :smithicide:
[QUOTE=JLea;17986323]why the fuck did they paint it Desert brown :|[/QUOTE] Although it's pictured in the artic with camo, the camo isn't really necessary. They don't have all the same camo either. Here's a p960 on a demonstration tour in the us. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Norwegian_missile_patrol_craft_KNM_Skjold_(P_690)_at_speed.jpg[/img] Here you can see one with a more appropriate camouflage. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/KNMSkjold.jpg[/img] [editline]08:26PM[/editline] They are also torpedoboats, for some reason (norway don't really have shit to sink).
[QUOTE=ole johan;17994406] Here's a p960 on a demonstration tour in the us. [/QUOTE] Demonstration tour? Grows some balls and get in a war.
[QUOTE=Orkel;17993613]Oh yeah? How about the flagship of the Finnish navy [media]http://i36.tinypic.com/2wp5cvp.png[/media] :smithicide:[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/canadas_navy.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=dawgs bitch;18002954]demotivator of Canada's navy[/QUOTE] They will get the job done, whether they look stupid getting the job done, is a different matter all together.
Yes, because we need this ultra-sleek boat to knock out Somalian pirates on rubber-rafts.
[QUOTE=BusterBluth;17997198]Demonstration tour? Grows some balls and get in a war.[/QUOTE] I think we're doing something with pirates, but they can't attack anything but a boat large enough to be worth a torpedo. [editline]09:10AM[/editline] [QUOTE=dawgs bitch;18002954][img]http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/canadas_navy.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Well, if it can take off vertically it's actually pretty clever, you don't need an entire aircraft carrier to support some ships.
[QUOTE=Redfin;17964741]Woah, Thats huge. [editline]12:14AM[/editline] Rated myself Informative.[/QUOTE] That's what she said ;) Also the warship looks like a designer shoe.
There's gotta be a weak spot somewhere!
That ship is a bit ugly but.... Technology is doing cool things.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;17968919]Half a billion each? We don't even use surface ships for anything more than S&R, air support, and shooting the occasional pirate. There hasn't been an actual naval war since WW2.[/QUOTE] Errrrrrr..... The Falklands?
It looks pretty fragile. If those outer fins were pierced by a torpedo or a rock or something, the whole thing would tip.
Nice design.
[QUOTE=Radnsmash;18010550]It looks pretty fragile. If those outer fins were pierced by a torpedo or a rock or something, the whole thing would tip.[/QUOTE] If you get hit by a torpedo your probably fucked anyway.
I think they are trying to compensate with size for something...
[QUOTE=SenorJose;18011890]I think they are trying to compensate with size for something...[/QUOTE] Been answered already, big booooooooooooooooi.
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