From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> "Phil Payne" 
wrote in message
> news:45587d17$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> According to the defense officials, the Chinese Song-class
diesel-powered
>>> attack submarine shadowed the Kitty Hawk undetected and surfaced within
>> five
>>> miles of the carrier Oct. 26.
>> Quite possibly just sitting on the bottom having a quiet game of Mah Jong
>> when this floating city passed overhead and they went up for a look.
>>
>>
>
> I doubt that. Naval forces do play some rough games of chicken though I
> haven't heard of any 'accidental' ship collisions lately.
>


People just give each other larger circles of safety at the mo.

> I wonder how large a vessel can be produced with this hull?
>
> http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2006/02/_dig_this_the_d.html
>
> Military ship travels 60 mph with almost no wake
>
> http://www.gizmag.com/go/5151/
>

Yeah it's a surface effects ship like I was mentioning a while back.

Adam

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