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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by symplee on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:40PM (#21662094)
What about cargo torpedoes? I imagine you could fit an airplane load into a very large submarine/torpedo and send it at 200 km/h with a nuclear powered propulsion.
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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by weberc2 on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:46PM (#21662113)
No idea if this idea is any good or not, but I wouldn’t recommend marketing this solution using the words “nuclear” and “torpedo”.
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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by ummonk on Friday November 29, 2019 @03:07AM (#21662877)
The fastest submarine of all time only went 75 km/h...
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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by jacobush on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:50AM (#21664682)
So? The idea is batshit insane, but I'm not sure it's against physics. Imagine a supercavity nuclear powered submarine cargo ship. I can't run the calculations for that. It would probably kill/scare all whales left in the ocean, but it might "work".
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