An US businessman ended up in a Russian
jail for a long period of time because he was legitimately attempting to
purchase this technology. Only after a great effort on the part of our
government and failing health was he released. There is a book out a few years
ago that chronicled his travails. There is some info on the weapon in his book
but much more in the Scientific American article.
R/Jay
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of George H. Slaterpryce III
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:42
PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] 223
miles per hour underwater torpedo
I can't just get my head around the physics of the torpedo.
The control surfaces would have to be absolutley minimal at that speed, so it
couldn't be all that maneuverable. (the control surfaces would be a liability
and the slightest tremor or wrong angle at that kind of speed would send the
thing off ---- that -a- way)
The centering of mass on this thing would also have to be
damn near perfect.... I want to get my hands on one just to figure out the
physics. A good picture would do too, from all sides.