2006-08-19 09:01:09 · 2 answers · asked by catchup 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The Covert High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft or CHARC (pronounced 'shark') for short, is designed to protect large Navy vessels from small, armed speedboats and submarines. CHARC is an amalgamation of many Lockheed Martin advanced technologies.
CHARC takes the offensive capabilities from an attack helicopter and provides them on a high-speed surface platform:
CHARC is a semi-submersible providing a low signature in the littoral environment
CHARC is a geometrically reconfigurable SWATH craft and it is tall enough to withstand high sea states, yet foldable so it can be taken aboard mother ships and can operate in very shallow waters
CHARC avoids rather than mitigates the shock of going fast in a small ship in high sea states
The CHARC development team is currently looking for higher levels of program funding that would result in the construction of CHARC demonstrators in late 2006.
2006-08-20 13:44:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have no idea what you are talking about.
2006-08-20 02:40:50 · answer #2 · answered by Entrepreneur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋