I wonder why noone ever thought of a HARM/TASM hybrid. It could be a weapon that would keep the enemy blind without even having to be shot.

Karushios question deserved serious consideration.

The answer to 'why not ?' is quite simply in the process of ejection Special Forces would be transformed into Special Faeces. My many years in the 'Bilges' have allowed me to study at first hand the effects of sudden stress upon Naval personnel and the impact that has upon bodily functions.

SQ, who has access to a very good research library, will recall the work of Professor L.A. Xative of Brunell whose paper on indications from the relevance of the consistency and pile height of excrement. Early results tend to show that there is a correlation between levels of stress and height levels of tu**ds.

Perhaps we should consider keeping the Special Forces on board well fed (mainly meat) and calm. Their steely products could then be ejected to deadly effect from the tubes. Its clear there would be little errosion in passage to target and the sound of impact would have a corrosive effect on the opposing crews morale.
Splodge !! Splodge !! Splodge !! Quite devastating ! :know:

Effing brilliant Bellman! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Im absolutely wrong in this forum (SHIII) buuut i will answer this anyway ;)

The german Kampfschwimmer (Combatdivers) are exiting subs through the torpedo hatches. they will enter the "room" with all 4 man, always 2 man liying head to head (if a scuba gear is not working). then it will be flooded and simply opened... they leave and violá! no one knows that they are there... :up:

i saw this in a TV documentary years ago, very impressive... i would die in this tight, wet, cold and dark hatch, whats going to be flooded... spooky...

I lurve that name Nipplespanner - it just gets me tittering :roll:;)

youre not the first one mate - but this name is harmless, really... nothing else then a tool for bicycles ;) (in the SH3 forum one guy is always reading "Nipplespanker"):rotfl:

Well, although it probably isnt real, if anyone here has ever played Metal Gear Solid, what about that thing that Snake was fired from in the submarine. Does that actually exist?

@TLAM
I think, all in all, there are a lot more wackos now, although somehow that averages out to a more "enlightened" society with arguably less self-control.

The fool thing is that those ideas could even work :lol:

Talking about exotic ideas, I don't remember having ever read about the use of biological or chemical weapons in relation to naval warfare. I.e. Killing the whole crew of a Task Force leaving the platforms intact could be of interest to someone i guess?

Not meaning to cause offence, but I think it's because the important bits at sea are the platforms rather than the men. Sailors can't dig in and claim a piece of sea, you see. Whereas if you want a piece of land, you need to physically remove the soldiers from that piece of land.

Of course Kurushio, but in addiction to eliminate the offence with a single "hit", they could take possess of the units and for example copy the technology.
I think it's easier to "hit" a platform with a cloud of bacteria then with a missile basically... how would you defend yourself?

You close the hatch. :roll:

Serrously, in the old Soviet navy they had sailors trained to go out in suits and scrub down the ship after an NBC attack.

Ok but firs you have to realize what is happening and that it's coming :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:
I'm gonna search the web about that :smug:

I think they close the hatches anyway during battles to help with flood control if the ship is hit.

Well I know certen army vehicles have sensors than warn of NBC attack and dangers so I assume the much more expensive warships have them too. I think in 'Nimitz Class' the ships and a sensor that told them of the radation danager and automaticly shut down ventalation and sealed the ship from the outside air.

The sensors would be aboard the ship I suppose, the alarm would come when the stuff is already in your blood I'd assume

I would like to see more "weird" ideas in here :lol: , like the one of the black papers on the north pole...
Myself I add another one: why don't deoploy a subnet behind the sub to catch an incoming torpedo? the net would open using explosives and the torpedo would get trapped in it and slowed down, with a bit of luck the net would block the torpedoe's helix eliminating the treath :hmm: of course the torpedo must be right behind you... it's cheap also :lol:

And what happens if the torpedo doesn't come in from your six ? :-?
You're pretty screwed.

You maneuver in order to have it at your six

But it will save the guys below decks, and in wartime most people will be below decks on a modern ship.

Its been done, battleships around the turn of the century had nets they can deploy along side to catch torpedoes. This idea was also used to guard ships in port as late as WWII. Also sounds alot like the W-Gun devloped by the Barb's XO in WWII.

Nexus...you want weird? Ok...I've thought about this long and hard...at night, staring at the ceiling (when I couldn't sleep...not when humping my girl by the way). :yep: Anyway, could be weird for some. I think it's a good idea. And cheap. Did I mention cheap?

I think they should build fleets of polystyrene ships, to exact dimensions which are then towed by obselete SSBN (or other rusty subs). Could be rubber ships. Painted.

What do you think? :smug: