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Stiletto: for water, not feet
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Author:  TurretHead [ August 9th, 2010, 12:41 pm ]
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The US Navy's M80 Stiletto experimental SEAL delivery boat.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M80_Stiletto
Author:  BrockPaine [ August 9th, 2010, 1:08 pm ]
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That boat is a seriously impressive piece of tech. I saw some video of it chasing down smugglers in the Florida keys - that thing looked scary in action.
Author:  ezgo394 [ August 9th, 2010, 3:39 pm ]
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Very interesting... Nice looking ship.
Author:  didibii [ August 9th, 2010, 5:22 pm ]
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Looks very hi tec.
Author:  Viking [ August 13th, 2010, 2:57 pm ]
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Pretty cool!
(though I had to google what stilettos have to do with feet)
Author:  Wikipedia & Universe [ August 15th, 2010, 12:16 am ]
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Oh, I see what this is. So this is more like an LCS and not like an SDV or landing craft. Pretty cool.

EDIT: And how come we haven't seen this on FutureWeapons yet?
Author:  TurretHead [ August 15th, 2010, 1:58 am ]
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From the power point document I was working from for the outline the Stiletto was built for a network ships trial to support advanced mine countermeasures and to trial building a big boat from composite materials. It has a big ramp in the back for taking onboard a RHIB to deploy SEALs for mine clearing and to command unmanned mine clearing boats. The trail was called “Wolf Pack”. Since then it has been used by the US Navy for anti drug runner stuff. It is kind of a bigger sister to the Mk V combat boat.

The ship really needs a front view to see its hull because it has two deep V planning hulls side by side and a kind of half-V on either end. The designers call it the M hull. I’ve drawn it so I can use the design as donor Ship-DNA for my Rhodesia 91 AU. The Rhodesian ship will be basically the same but made from aluminum and with more simple lines and use the RHIB space for a range of modules including Gabriel AShMs, helo support, mine hunting, special forces, etc.

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Author:  klagldsf [ August 15th, 2010, 3:45 am ]
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I'm sure, of all people, the Rhodesians would love a RHIB-launching platform regardless.
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