Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:41:06 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>, <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Sounds almost Gernsbackian....
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 02:23 PM 10/6/2005 -0400, Michael Walsh wrote:
>Shock Tactics
>The US Navy is considering a defence system that destroys incoming
>torpedoes by firing high-powered acoustic shockwaves at them. Ships
>with the system would be decked out with hundreds of transducers,
>each 1 metre square, running along the hull under the waterline.
>When an incoming torpedo is detected, the transducers fire a focused
>pulse of such crushing force that the incoming weapon is disabled or
>destroyed. As you might imagine, these are no ordinary loud
>speakers...

Let me guess...it's called "The Incredible Limpet System", right?

Could the quantum of time be defined in terms of how long it is between
this system being officially planned and the first court objection being
filed by environmentalists?

-- Mike B.

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