US Navy to test Norwegian stealth vessels

[Herman Hum]

I had the chance to try an HCDB scenario with these vessels. It was quite cool to see them simulated. Being nearly invisible was a huge advantage. :D US Navy to test Norwegian stealth vessels
Norway Post (http://www.norwaypost.no/content.asp?folder_id=7&cluster_id=27758)

The US elite force Navy Seals has shown considerable interest in the Norwegian high speed patrol boats of the "Skjold" class, built with stealth technology, Aftenposten reports.

The stealth technology makes the vessels difficult to detect by radar.

http://img140.echo.cx/img140/2866/skjoldab1at.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

The US Navy had one patrol boat on loan for a year for test purposes, and the Norwegian Umoe Mandal Yard has now entered into a contract with the Navy Seals for a further study and evaluation of the suitability of the new patrol boats for US purposes.

The Norwegian Navy has already ordered six of the high speed patrol boats, the last to be delivered by 2008.

Umoe Yard CEO, Peter Klemsdal, says that if the tests should result in a contract with it the US Navy, it may be necessary to find a US partner for the project.

Rolleiv Solholm

[Secret Agent]

And what's wrong with Lockheed Martin's Sea Shadow? :devious: :devious: :devious:

http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/usa/images/seashad.jpg

[Admiral]

Sea Shadow has never been anything but a test platform.

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[Boats]

Sea Shadow is almost 20 years old, and is really low-tech when it comes to engineering. I suspect that it's really not as stealthy as the Norwegian design.

Boats

[Admiral]

Welcome aboard, Boats!

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[Pergite]

I had the privilage to ride along on the Skjöld a couple of years ago, and the one thing that struck me besides the total uglyness was the shere speed of the vessel. It was like a arrow on the water and quite impressing.
But honestly, it really looks like a camo-coloured shoe-box fitted with a steering pulpit ;)

It was however not that hard to detect on the radar, its somewhat stealthy but its the speed that is the vessels biggest advantage.

[J. Dhatori]

Nevermind the fiskebolles, the swedes have their own stealth ships. :cheeky:

[Herman Hum]

I had the privilage to ride along on the Skjöld a couple of years ago, and the one thing that struck me besides the total uglyness was the sheer speed of the vessel. It was like a arrow on the water and quite impressing.
But honestly, it really looks like a camo-coloured shoe-box fitted with a steering pulpit ;)

It was however not that hard to detect on the radar, its somewhat stealthy but its the speed that is the vessels biggest advantage.However fast a vessel can be, it is almost always going to appear as though it is standing still when engaged by a missile. The fact that you say the Skjöld was easy to see on radar makes me sceptical how long it would survive in a shooting war.