Machines | SUPER FAST stealth attack boat for the US military and Navy
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Another great idea for the us military and us navy . This fast attack stealth boat will make a difference. GHOST is a super-cavitating surface craft which is able to achieve 900 times less hull friction compared to a conventional watercraft and is developed by US Citizens for the US Navy at no cost to the US government for providing superior protection to US service personnel. The craft was built by Juliet Marine Systems. The secrecy orders on the project were removed on 11 August 2011[1] Design The Ghost uses a gyro-stabilized dual-pontoon supercavitating hull to run at top speed through 10-foot seas. Called small waterplane-area twin-hull (SWATH), it is controlled by 22 computer-controlled underwater control surfaces. When at rest or moving slowly, the Ghost sits in the water on its centerline module. At eight knots or faster, the high-grade marine aluminum buoyant hulls lift the vessel and achieve full stability. Propulsion on the prototype is provided by T53-703 turboshaft engines, with the company planning to replace them with the General Electric T700 turboshaft. The Ghost has achieved speeds of over 30 knots, and is being tested to 50 knots. It can perform several different missions including anti-surface warfare (ASuW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and mine countermeasures (MCM): ASuW armament consists of the M197 20mm rotary cannon and launch tubes that expel exhaust downward between the struts of the SWATH hulls, concealing and dissipating the thermal signature of the launch for BGM-176B Griffin missiles and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets, with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor and radar; an ASW version could be equipped with an EO/IR sensor, radar, sonobuoy launch tubes, a dipping sonar, and four aft-firing torpedo tubes; an MCM version could be equipped with a towing boom to lower and raise two towed mine-hunting sonars, such as the Kline 5000 or Raytheon AN/AQS-20A. The current Ghost costs $10 million per copy, is crewed by 3-5 sailors, and can be partially disassembled to fit in a C-17 Globemaster III for transport if needed. It is designed for fleet protection for navies with few blue-water needs but require a small and affordable craft in large numbers for near-shore maritime border patrol and defense missions; it is being offered to international customers including Bahrain, Qatar, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore. High-level discussions have been held with a foreign nation interested in 25 Ghosts for a potential $300 million sale. Juliet Marine is also offering a scaled-up version of the Ghost to the U.S. Navy as part of their re-evaluation of the Littoral Combat Ship program. Plans are to build a corvette-sized Ghost of 150 ft (46 m) in length or more costing about $50 million per vessel, six times cheaper than the $300 million per-ship cost of a current Freedom-class and Independence-class littoral combat ship. One impediment to the U.S. Navy procuring the Ghost is the desire of senior Navy leaders to have large-hulled oceangoing vessels that can also perform inshore operations rather than smaller craft specialized for inshore missions.[2][3] Juliet Marine Systems is a maritime technology think tank that is developing innovative solutions for naval and commercial applications. We seek to assure fleet force protection in response to small vessel terrorist attacks against our Navy and coalition ships. There is a clear and present danger of these tactics being used against the U.S. Navy throughout the world and in our home ports. These same innovative technologies, applied to commercial needs, will provide a significant decrease in transit time and increase in energy efficiency, resulting in the savings of thousands of gallons of fuel daily. Our Navy is in a revolutionary period of change. Historic military tactics combined with modern materials and technology present a formidable fleet protection challenge for our Navy today. One of the greatest threats to our Navy is low tech vessel attacks with conventional explosives, as seen on October 12, 2000, when the USS Cole was attacked, killing 17 sailors and wounding 39 others and in the continued success of pirates. As a maritime systems think tank, Juliet Marine Systems provides offensive, defensive and ISR solutions that are developed in a skunk works operation able to rapidly invent and construct needed technologies and systems for the Navy and armed forces. We have already developed a surface variant of a super cavitating craft and are planning to apply our unique technology in a UUV prototype. While the GHOST is a surface vessel, the hydrodynamics of the twin submerged buoyant tubular foils are also a test bed for Juliet Marine's next planned prototype, a long duration UUV. The GHOST is a revolutionary proprietary technology vessel platform that will assure force protection through stealth fighter/attack capabilities along with integrated situation awareness.
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nice
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what a waste of time watching this.
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Looks like a movie prop or propaganda build or invester magnet not truly high speed design the suppoet for the hull is insufficient for real highspeed
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how the f... did i get here????!!!!!
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That is sow 😎
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SUPER FAST stealth attack boat for the US military and Navy
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ngikutin iran bngt itu desainnya
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I do have this product to make This is carbon cover. In fact I will be launching it maybe next year. You may Build the body or the solid unite one like this for 20 -35 000$
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stupid idiot
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We do not need this in the South China Sea the X-18 Tank Boat is enough.
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This is some James Bond Octopussy stuff indeed!!! (chime in bond music)
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And always this horrible and stupid music !
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This seems to be the naval version of an up- armored Humvee. It has the same general purpose, it's just ahead of its time. Seems legit though.
I take that back. It's almost more like a Stryker. -
Useless. No other word for it.
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They should bring this in for a Thunder in Paradise remake. Anyone old enough to know what I'm talkin about ??? (yea the show was corny af lol)
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This boat is really not a great boat. It is not fast. It is heavy. Super cavitation is a misnomer - because the bubbles caused by super cavitating props only go so far down the tubes. A Swath by nature is slow due to its large surface area which results in drag. At 48,000 lbs it is a brick. Also sea states above 3, this boat will start to slam because the bottom will come into contact with wave peaks.
She is a great looking boat, but impractical, which is why the Navy ulimately rejected it.
Forward facing props - easy to break or disable. High riding, so can be seen via infrared - and also lots of spray. Not that fast either. Anything that is below 50kts is NOT that fast. This boat is struggling to get to 35kts.
Great looking boat! Stable in rough seas if not moving very fast. -
The US Navy FUCKED this poor company. Didn't buy their boat and then banned their technology from being sold.
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Well that's what lawyers are for.
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This ship has been blocked by the US government from being made or sold to other countries by the US government because they didn't want to buy it for a higher price or to pay a private inventor for their design. Instead they will steal it and bury this idea. But the idea is out there so other countries and terrorists can copy some of its ideas. :) Good for them! Governments don't like anybody that will make their enemies or their allies stronger than they are.