U.S. Navy Fast Attack Submarine Speculation

[johnlear]

My speculation is that the U.S. Navy's newest nuclear FAS (Fast Attack Sub) uses boundary layer control to achieve submerged speeds of up to 120 knots.

Planning hulls are usually limited to 1.34 X the square root of the waterline for a maximum speed.

But I speculate that through the use of space age technology (the hull is actually manufactured in zero gravity) and advanced eletromagnetics, the water surrounding the sub is actually kept a few centimeters away from the hull avoiding friction and noise.

The new FAS have actually been operational for a few years seen by observers located at Pearl Harbor and Big Navy.

I speculate further that 70 feet in length the 9 man nuclear powered submarine has a twelve man SEAL team lockout station and an aft compartment for 3 ROV's (Remote Operated Vehicles) one of which operates while airborne.

It is unknown how many are operational but observers speculate about 40.

It is also unknown where the FAS are built but I speculate that they are constructed in Australia.

Below is a drawing of what I speculate the new nuclear powered
Fast Attack Sub looks like.


http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2594/fas3cf9.jpg

[johnlear]

I suspect that these are the type subs that the U.S.Navy used to cut the cables in the Middle East.

I would imagine that when we nuke Iran that many world wide communication cables will be cut in order to restrict the free flow of information.

That will enable the government to tell what we need to know, when we need to know it. If ever. :)

[Iamsix]

Is this along the same technological lines as the hyperfast torpedos that the Navy has been testing?

[johnlear]

Is this along the same technological lines as the hyperfast torpedos that the Navy has been testing?


I didn't know about any hyperfast torpedos but yes, one you have solved the boundary layer control problem you are not limited in speed underwater.

[Iamsix]

Here is a link that I have to the Russian version.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/miss ... shkval.htm (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/shkval.htm).

It works by creating a layer of bubbles over its skin to reduce friction.

[johnlear]

Here is a link that I have to the Russian version.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/miss ... shkval.htm (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/shkval.htm).

It works by creating a layer of bubbles over its skin to reduce friction.


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[century]

These subs can carry as much as 10 tons of drugs or even weapons and some of the latest models can move 15 knots. This is obviously troubling and makes our war on the cartels that much more difficult. We are currently at Coast Guard Island in Alameda California, where the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman is located. The ship has recently returned from operations off of Central America, where finding these subs is proving difficult. They are primitive but effective and built similar to the subs used in the civil war. Usually about 6 inches or so sticks above the water, which is almost impossible to spot. During the day the subs sit, preserving their cover for movement at night. Here is some great raw video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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