GHOST - Military Watercraft Prototype

[Soundbounder]

If you combined a stealth jet fighter and an attack helicopter and stuck them in the water, what would you get? Well, according to the folks at New Hampshire's Juliet Marine Systems (JMS), you'd get the GHOST marine platform. Privately developed for possible use by the U.S. Navy, the boat would reportedly be invisible to enemy ships' radar, while also being faster and more economical than existing military vessels. The company's big claim, however, is that GHOST is the world's first super-cavitating watercraft.

 

[royal0014]

Re: GHOST - Military Watercraft Prototype

Kinda' cool, I guess...... reminds me of the 'shark' boat on here recently.

What is super-cavitating?? Sounds like a bad thing.


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[Soundbounder]

Re: GHOST - Military Watercraft Prototype

Kinda' cool, I guess...... reminds me of the 'shark' boat on here recently.

What is super-cavitating??.


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Short answer....it forms an air pocket underneath it

 

[bekosh]

Re: GHOST - Military Watercraft Prototype

the boat would reportedly be invisible to enemy ships' radar,

It'll be invisible, until is starts moving anyway. The moment it starts throwing a wake or spray into the air stealth goes right out the window.

 

[mommicked]

Re: GHOST - Military Watercraft Prototype

It does'nt look very seaworthy to me. Looking at the bow, it seems like it would turn into a stealth submarine pretty quick at high speed in rough conditions! Do we have an inland Navy?

 

[Thalasso]

Re: GHOST - Military Watercraft Prototype

It does'nt look very seaworthy to me. Looking at the bow, it seems like it would turn into a stealth submarine pretty quick at high speed in rough conditions! Do we have an inland Navy?

Yep. They are called SEAL'S