We could use this tech for exploration instead of war

[bobby]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/politics/britain-warship-of-the-future/index.html

Edited September 3, 2015 by Musky

[Musky]

Bobby, you's better post a little of the article before John gets here, he'll freak out! 

Edited September 3, 2015 by Musky

[Tortuga]

The link didn't work for me but I assume it has something to do with horses...

[Musky]

I just fixed the link

[Tortuga]

I just fixed the link

and the title...

[trottigy]

Dreadnought 2050 is a tri-hull design and it's not steel as most battle ships are. It's an ultra-strong, see-through acrylic, Startpoint says.

The ship does away with the traditional mast, using instead a quad-copter tethered to the ship with carbon nanotubes that would carry power for sensors and a laser gun to take out nearby threats.

For threats farther off, there's an electomagnetic rail gun on the bow that can fire a projectile hundreds of miles. Tubes in the two outrigger hulls would be armed with "supercavitating" torpedoes, which go so fast that they vaporize the water around them and create an air pocket that lets them fly through the water.

The aft section of Dreadnought 2050 would have a flight deck for drones that could be made onboard using 3-D printing technologies and a "moon pool," a floodable deck from which amphibious troops could be dispatched on missions.

 

 

[Musky]

Why did you do that Jerry? I like to read John's admonition on the correct way to post a news article!

 

(I'm just messing with you John) 

Edited September 3, 2015 by Musky

[shali]

I'm sure it's gonna cost a bazillion dollars too.  

[trottigy]

I'm sure it's gonna cost a bazillion dollars too.  

 

From that same article:

 

 

 

Startpoint says its mission is to "tackle parallel challenges of providing advanced technology set against the backdrop of funding constraints." Looking at the artist's conceptions of Dreadnought 2050, "cheap" is not a word that comes to mind. Words like "starship" or "battlestar" seem more apt.

[Qapla]

Jerry beat me to it -

 

I will say, it looks like something from a James Bond movie .......

[crazylee]

It will never be built. Warmongers always look for "Star Wars" solutions. It is like the Popular Science mag. Lots of "progress" articles.

 

If you YouTube search for war machines all kinds of things come up. The world just loves this stuff, but Armageddon will fix that for good.

[bobby]

I would have but I can only type it out

 for some reason copy and past dose not work

or quoting some one