Terry
June 14th, 2007, 08:04 AM
Last week Tom Falardeau was bemoaning the fact that ordinary diving in the St. Lawrence had lost much of its luster. Fortunately, help is at hand. Wired Magazine reports on new technology (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/underwater_guns) that may allow Tom to combine three of his favourite things; diving, buying expensive gear, and shooting at stuff.
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Perhaps the most intriguing hint of where the underwater arms race is headed comes from a 2005 U.S. patent granted to Thomas J. Gieseke, a Navy scientist at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. The patent proposes a "high-velocity underwater jet weapon" that fires a stream of high-velocity liquid "bullets" -- fine grains of metal or sand that form a cavity more efficiently than solid rounds.
Gieseke declined to comment on the research, which gives a whole new meaning to the term "water pistol."
Not to mention "side-mount".
Shown below: Tom realizes too late that he may have over-charged the battery on his new armed underwater scooter.
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/vanguard/images/vanguard7.jpg
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Perhaps the most intriguing hint of where the underwater arms race is headed comes from a 2005 U.S. patent granted to Thomas J. Gieseke, a Navy scientist at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. The patent proposes a "high-velocity underwater jet weapon" that fires a stream of high-velocity liquid "bullets" -- fine grains of metal or sand that form a cavity more efficiently than solid rounds.
Gieseke declined to comment on the research, which gives a whole new meaning to the term "water pistol."
Not to mention "side-mount".
Shown below: Tom realizes too late that he may have over-charged the battery on his new armed underwater scooter.
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/vanguard/images/vanguard7.jpg