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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Nice link Captain, but it sort of doesn't come off as a scientific approach to anything. This line made me laugh.
"Another reason to worry is Russia's apparent intent to continue close economic ties with Iran and the resulting transfer of its technology to this Islamic state run by fanatics and others who are apparently just plain nuts."
Color me crazy, but WTF is the difference netween an Islamist theocracy run by a fanatic and a Christian theicracy run by a fanatic? Ahmadinejad hasn't come out and said that God told him to wipe the Israelis off the globe, he said that out of his own hubris. That makes him arrogant and dangerous. Bush said that God told him to invade Iraq. He not only displays a huge amount of hubris, but also admits to hearing voices. That makes him fanatical AND displaying psychosis. Which state is run by a fanatic and which one is apparently just plain nuts?
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Granted its not scientific, and there is a bit of personal opinion in there is laughable. However I've always thought that the concept of the superfast torpedo is a flawed argument at best. The reason for the success of something like a mark 48 torpedo is that its slightly faster then the flank speed of a advanced submarine at a little over 59 knots, has a large fuel supply so it can run for several minutes, and it has a good guidance package. The problem with the torpedo that we're talking about here is that its a dumb fire weapon and on a sub, where you have to manually reload every war shot, if you don't get the drop on your target, or you miss, your suddenly running at flank speed and not facing your opponent, plus firing a torpedo like this at flank speed, you stand a good chance of the torpedo going unstable upon entry into the water which can damage your torpedo tube or worse yet blowing the front off of your sub.
This weapon would work well against a slower target like a Aircraft carrier, but the chances of a 30 year old Kilo class diesel sub getting inside of the inner picket of a Carrier Battle Group undetected. We'll Lanny, you have a better chance of sleeping with Cameron Diaz.