Reply #37: You may wish to read up a little.... [View All]

[MercutioATC]

1) That's the problem with some people...if the Bush administration said that the Sun would rise in the east tomorrow, there are those that would call it "BS" simply because of the source. Those are the extremists that make the rest of us sound like idiots.

2) The Hoot is indeed believed to be based on the VA-111 Shkval...developed in 1995 (13-year-old technology, not 30).

- yes, rockets make noise and sonar detects it
- sound travels at closer to Mach 4 underwater, but it's irrelevant

3) (summary) Supercavitating torpedoes aren't designed to possess a great deal of guidance...speed is their threat. Noticing a change of direction isn't necessary, because their simply isn't time for a submarine or surface ship of any size to change direction in time. It's an underwater bullet.

4) The .50 Browning machine gun was invented in 1910 (over 95 years ago). Regardless of how you armor a soldier, there are no known "countermeasures" for a man vs. a .50 round. After 95+ years, the U.S. military has "not chosen no worry about this weapon" by your definition. The fact that the U.S. military hasn't developed countermeasures to a particular weapon in a particular scenario does not mean that it is ineffective.

(on edit) You provide links for a lot of surface-to-air missiles. Do you have a link to anything that supports your contention that supercavitating missiles are ineffective?