also, they better be self cleaning as the salty water can rapidly build up quite a hazy film, they should look into supplementing with a small wind turbine or tidal generator.
They say it has photovoltaics now, but wait till the department of defense gets a hold of it and tinkers. When these babies finally hit the waters they will most likely have a modified minature nuclear chamber; able to go for up to 20 years without refuling, and have some sort of weapon system to ensure that whatever it encounters it will win
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I hope there's solar panels all over to power the motorized actuators. would suck to be in middle of Pacific and run out of juice.
The energy source is discussed in the second film. I watched it but won't reveal :) .
Watch the demo: it is covered with photovoltaics and can pack generators as well.
Hope this moves into the recreational realm, too.
also, they better be self cleaning as the salty water can rapidly build up quite a hazy film, they should look into supplementing with a small wind turbine or tidal generator.
They say it has photovoltaics now, but wait till the department of defense gets a hold of it and tinkers. When these babies finally hit the waters they will most likely have a modified minature nuclear chamber; able to go for up to 20 years without refuling, and have some sort of weapon system to ensure that whatever it encounters it will win