Re: "Suited" Soldiers, was Re: [DS] Irregular NSF Figures

On Thu, 1 May 2003 11:01:53 -0400 (EDT), Roger Books writes:
>So would the super-cavitating rounds work if their initial environment
>was water?
>
>super-cavitating rounds should be in the archives, there was a
discussion
>of them after an article appeared in one of the science magazines.
>

I'd think the first step of firing a super-cavitating round woul dbe
flooding the launch tube with air (or just not flooding it with
water).  So the round would start in an air enviroment, and then
continue to maintain that environment during its run down range.

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