Stealth ships steam ahead

[srirangan]

I never said it's redundant, but it's just a newbie in the stealth genre, lot's more should be coming our way in the next 50 years

 

[highsea]

I remember seeing a picture of a stealth ship developed by the Skunk Works back in the early 90's. It looked like a floating F-117 more than anything.

I guess it's a good thing to have a low radar cross-section, but no surface ship will ever be as stealthy as a submarine. Also, it strikes me that the biggest threat to a surface ship is a sub anyway, so it would be at least as important to reduce the sonar return.

I can see how it would be useful for a marine assault craft, as they could be more likely to be operating without the full protection of a battle group, but a carrier group doesn't exactly sneak up on the enemy.

-CM

 

[gf0012-aust]

I remember seeing a picture of a stealth ship developed by the Skunk Works back in the early 90's. It looked like a floating F-117 more than anything.

That would be the Sea Shadow, and depending on which rumour mill you subscribe to, has been used for specops insertion.

 

[highsea]

Yup! That's the one I was thinking of, just couldn't remember the name.

-CM