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Originally Posted by Bigtime
No caterpillar drive? I am disappointed.
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Far too easily exploitable. The ability to detect the 'stealth' of a caterpillar drive was discovered in the early 90s and would now be possible for even the greenest of sonar operators. Not to mention the software glitch of considering the subtle sound of the drive a magma displacement would have long been rectified. Hell, you could probably isolate the noise and speed it up 10x on an iPhone never mind a highly sophisticated NATO defense network.
Spending the money on such an obsolete and ineffective (and easily sabotaged) propulsion system would be financially irresponsible. Really the proponents of the caterpillar drive are only clinging to the merits of it as stealth technology to try and limit the potential replacement candidates for aging sub fleets.