Posted on 07/04/2007 10:47:36 PM PDT by fishhound
This new secret superboat is the latest British weapon to help fight the war on terror.
The stealth boat, to be used by the Royal Marines, is thought to be capable of reaching speeds of about 70mph.
The vessel will be used in various roles including the insertion of troops in enemy territory and the hunting of drugs smugglers.
It is believed to have been designed and built by VT Halmatic, based in Portsmouth, Hants, as a replacement for two boats currently used by the elite SBS.
Experts believe the dull-grey boat will have been designed using stealth technology to help it avoid radar detection.
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70MPH is quite fast for a boat.
Where’s the outriggers?
No match for this li’ll baby from Norway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skjold_class_patrol_boat
speed up to 70knots, rumors has it...
http://specialoperations.com/Navy/VSV/
http://www.vtplc.com/halmatic/product.asp?s=&itemID=414&CatID=92
That's with the cloaking device turned off.
Very cool.
Not to mention covered in the Cone of Silence.
Great boat. I wonder how soon before they surrender one of them to a few gun-wielding Iranians.
[70MPH is quite fast for a boat.]
Quite true. Plus, boats have lousy brakes...
‘Great boat. I wonder how soon before they surrender one of them to a few gun-wielding Iranians.’
They won’t need to in this boat. When they did, they were in one 35knot inflatable ambushed by six gunboats.
“They won’t need to in this boat. When they did, they were in one 35knot inflatable ambushed by six gunboats.”
The folks in the inflatable were but the mother ship wasn’t surprised. They knew the gunboats were coming and had been ordered not to do anything.
It’s stealth. Why unveil it? Why do we need to know about it during a war?
More puzzling is why does it need all the stealth? War on terror? Reduced radar cross section for an enemy fighting with 7th century tactics and no radar? Doesn't make sense unless they are planning to use it against larger foes such as the Iranian (snort) Navy...
That's not it. The stealth boat is in the background. The gray boat is just there for scale ;o)
Wife’s counsin owns a 32 foot Fountain with twin 502s. It’ll do 100 mph on the water here at the lake.
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