Supercavitation: Go very fast underwater

Warp Drive Underwater in the May 2001 issue of Scientific American talks about the use of "supercavitation" technologies that make it possible for vehicles underwater (initially torpedoes) to go a few hundred miles per hour.

I thought the most interesting speculation was the effect of this technology on missile defense shields (e.g.. U.S. "Star Wars" initiative). Simply put a nuclear warhead on a missile that travels the first couple of hundred miles underwater very quickly, then pops up at the last minute to hit a coastal target.

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