Monday, August 25, 2014

Futuristic Chinese ‘supersonic’ sub could reach US shores in under two hours


Traveling from Shanghai to San Francisco in under two hours may sound like a fantasy, but China believes it’s figured out how to design an underwater vehicle that can make the idea a reality.

More worryingly, though, is the possibility that the technology will be used to develop even more dangerous weaponry.

According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the super-fast technology was developed by scientists at the Harbin Institute of Technology, and would allow underwater submarines or torpedoes to hit the equivalent speed of sound under water – about 3,600 miles per hour .... http://rt.com/news