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US Navy makes Red October a reality

Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:07 am
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:07 am
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American submarines will further extend their advantage in the undersea domain. In the first of a kind, the U.S. Navy has fitted a new form of propulsion, magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD), to a Virginia class submarine. This promises to make the submarine virtually undetectable, the holy grail of naval warfare. The Magnetohydrodynamic drive is being developed under the PUMP program by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), first reported in 2023. Water passing through it is accelerated by means of a magnetic field using superconducting magnets. This is often likened to the way a caterpillar crawls leading to the colloquial term ‘caterpillar drive’. The first boat to be fitted with the new propulsion will be the USS Montana (SSN 794). This Virginia Class attack submarine was commissioned into the U.S. Navy in June 2022. Although still a new boat, she has been brought in to Groton, Connecticut, for the modifications.
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ETA : April Fools got me.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 1:26 pm
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
3935 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:09 am to
Great movie. If I still cut loose on the weekends like I did in my 20's, I would watch it every saturday AM on my couch. Now I take my recyclables to the dump and clean out the garage.
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
2892 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:10 am to
I foresee them having problems with the liquid helium… or maybe the superconductors








And for goodness sakes keep a close eye on the cook
Posted by Bamadiver
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:10 am to
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
20653 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:12 am to
I assume military sonar is incredible now? You can get livescope to bass fish and see a bass 100 ft+ in front of your boat, I’d assume something like a destroyer could see a something as big as a submarine from miles away?
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37333 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:12 am to
Is this real or is this April Fools?
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
50153 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:17 am to
He would have liked to seen Montana
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29346 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:25 am to
Posted by Bloodworth
North Ga
Member since Oct 2007
4014 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:25 am to
Doesnt eliminate need to Crazy Ivan
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56773 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:27 am to
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a new form of propulsion
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
127336 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:34 am to
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The first boat to be fitted with the new propulsion will be the USS Montana
Ironic, huh?
Posted by bountyhunter
North of Houston a bit
Member since Mar 2012
6369 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:34 am to
Yeah I'm not believing anything I read today on the internet.
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
13600 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:36 am to
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Be careful....Most things in here don't react well to bulletshh....
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20786 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:42 am to
From the article...

quote:

Either way, Montana will remain unseen.


Yeah. April Fool's.
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
7655 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:54 am to
I don't believe anything I read today. Momma didn't raise no April Fool
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
4790 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:59 am to
Does the Cajun Navy need to develop countermeasures?
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36359 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:18 am to
Damn thing's made to start a war!
Posted by RFK
Squire Creek
Member since May 2012
1438 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:23 am to
This may be the most well-crafted April Fools article ever written.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 9:29 am
Posted by GB1017LSU
Member since Nov 2015
964 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 11:08 am to
Where I am going….you cannot follow.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96918 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 11:23 am to
Give me a ping Vasili. One ping only.
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