Invisible Visby puts out to sea. (Digest).The stealthy stealth·y adj. stealth·i·er, stealth·i·est Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. See Synonyms at secret. Visby corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and put to sea on her maiden voyage Noun 1. maiden voyage - the first voyage of its kind; "in 1912 the ocean liner Titanic sank on its maiden voyage" ocean trip, voyage - an act of traveling by water late last year on the first leg of her engineering trials under the shipbuilder Kockurns' supervision. The carbon fibre vessel is to undergo fine-tuning of her engines, steering and control systems prior to embarking on more advanced sea trials. The introduction of the Visby's stealth technology stealth technology, designs and materials engineered for the military purpose of avoiding detection by radar or any other electronic system. Stealth, or antidetection, technology is applied to vehicles (e.g. has garnered global interest, therefore Kockums is presently developing an export version. Currently, Kockums has five vessels on order with an option for a sixth. |
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