It needs near constant communication. I don’t think that could be maintained with a sub beyond certain minimal depths.

Nobody knows how fast this boat will go. The fastest submarine ever, the Soviet Alfa class, could sprint up to ~44 knots but not quietly or for very long. All other military submarines travel 30-35 knots, max. The new Littoral Combat Ships can sail ~40 knots and like the Sea Hunter those were designed for speed.

It appears to be designed for LCS-like speed, so it’ll almost certainly be faster than any sub in any navy currently. As for stability, that’s a tougher question.

Well, it’s allowed, but only the one time.

It’s a ship so, it could dive deeper but it wouldn’t be doing much if it did.

I’d think that a nuc boat spinning up to full or flank speed could be tracked and destroyed without a whole ton of effort- they’re not exactly quiet at that point. This would probably be more for trying to find the subs that are just trolling along quietly hoping you don’t notice.

that’s pretty cool the way they used the paint developed for the F-35 to enhance the F-16.

Could anyone at Boeing seriously imagine X-32 as a combat aircraft? That thing looks like it came out of a Pixar cartoon.

What do you guys think of the newish Have Glass 5 Lockheed paint job. It’s the new gen RAM paint being rolled out. It started with the f-16cj now f-16cm wild weasel. It’s supposed to be the same paint as the 35 though is looks like a different color but this is due to underlying matriels most likely. They also get the…

Jerry is proud of you dude

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That plane is beautiful. It looks deadly.

Its just doing what’s right.

Stop it. You are making me like the F-35.

I’m sorry, but I still think the F-35 looks good. I’m not letting my opinion of the plane or program cloud my judgment of its aesthetics.

JERRY WE NEED MOAR PR0N

Wilco:

You’re asking for F-35 pic spam now.

Because it wasn’t theirs when they took it.

You said “given”. When you give something away, it is no longer yours. Taking something back by force, that was once yours, is still what it is.