| Is it possible to create an anti-ship weapon to | | | | the sea. |
| supplement our US Navy, one which would use a | | | | Now then, let's say our enemy were to develop such |
| scheme of eating through the hull of a ship with some | | | | a system first? Could we prevent it? Yes, I believe so, |
| sort of reactive chemical process? How might | | | | you see, after thinking up the first robotic anti-ship |
| someone design such a system? Well, it just so turns | | | | stingray scheme, I felt bad so I came up with a |
| out that I wrote an article once on a weapon concept | | | | concept to prevent it; a robotic fish (RoboTuna type |
| that would eat through the hull of a ship. | | | | concept) that could survey the hull and see if anything |
| These innovative inventions would use a robotic Sting | | | | were attached. |
| Ray platform to deliver the chemical, and it would go | | | | Incidentally, there are many highly corrosive reactants, |
| up to the ship and attach itself, and then decompose | | | | metal eating bacteria, and small explosive devices |
| the metal in a re-active way. Once it ate all the way | | | | obviously, so this device is not difficult to perfect. There |
| through, it would simply un-attach itself leaving a giant | | | | is a book I'd like you to read to give you even more |
| hole in the ship's hull. Such a system would be very | | | | ideas on this wonderful concept, it's by Clyde Cussler; |
| hard to detect and once attached it would have all the | | | | Dark Watch, which was completely interesting. Please |
| time it needed to go about its process, while no one | | | | consider all this. |
| would be the wiser, even if the ship was busy crossing | | | | |