Friday, January 13, 2012

Seagoing Batmobile to fight pirates

Ghost is a maritime “high speed attack craft” designed to take on small boats. The developer, Juliet Maritime Systems, is pitching the ship to for U.S. Navy missions, from counter-piracy to fighting off small Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz.

Ghost can carry a few thousand pounds of weapons, including Mark 48 torpedoes, tucking them inside an internal weapons bay to lessen its radar cross section. It can also store a substantial amount of fuel for longer endeavors, using “supercavitation” technology – reducing friction on the catamaran hull by creating an air pocket – and jet engines to reach high speeds.

- Wired

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