Sea Slice cuts close. (Digest).Lockheed Martin's High Speed Vessel (HSV (Hue Saturation Value) A color space similar to HSB. See HSB. HSV - hue, saturation, value ) Sea Slice is undergoing testing (as these lines are being written) as a littoral warfare combatant during US fleet battle experiment Juliet in an effort to demonstrate its flexibility as a high speed manoeuvrable Adj. 1. manoeuvrable - capable of maneuvering or changing position; "a highly maneuverable ship" maneuverable mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is... platform. The Sea Slice, which was wrongly attributed to the Sea Shadow in our issue 3/2002 on page 112, is to test the joint Lockheed Martin / Oerlikon Contraves 35 mm Millennium Gun and the NetFires System and launcher used to launch Lockheed's Loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. Attack Munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. (Lam). The Millennium Gun was installed on the Sea Slice's bow, with the Lam placed aft. The vessel has an advanced hull form that provides outstanding stability and speed in high sea states and is capable of over 30 knots in wave heights of up to four metres (sea state 5). She has four separate underwater hulls that provide buoyancy, propulsion and an enhanced hydrodynamic hy·dro·dy·nam·ic also hy·dro·dy·nam·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to hydrodynamics. 2. Of, relating to, or operated by the force of liquid in motion. efficiency, and she is controlled by a PC-based canard and stabiliser steering and motion control system. (Lockheed Martin) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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