Posted on Sep 17, 2016
New Vehicles Will Deliver SEALs With More Stealth Than Ever
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Navy SEALs will soon deploy in a new miniature submarine.
The Navy SEAL transportation system is about to be overhauled as the service looks to add both stealth and range through the creation of a new elite undersea vehicle.
Right now, SEALs are transported in a delivery vehicle that resembles a sled, decked out in full scuba gear, and completely exposed to the water.
But that will change by the end of the decade with addition of a new submarine-like vehicle. Called the “dry combat submersible,” the new craft will carry six SEALs over longer distances at greater depths, without leaving them exposed.
According to War Is Boring, “The most recent DCS prototype weighs almost 40,000 pounds and can travel up to 60 nautical miles while 190 feet below the waves.”
The first sub is due to be delivered in July 2018, and it will be operational as early as the fall. Testing is expected to be finished in 2019, reported The Hill.
Evidently, the vehicle will have many of the same characteristics as a submarine, including propellers, thrusters, ballast tanks, scrubbers, oxygen manifolds, and a periscope. In addition, these vehicles will be powered by battery.
Though the swimmers’ compartment is only about 12 feet long, making it a tight squeeze for six SEALs, officials are confident that it will be a drastic improvement over the current system.
War Is Boring also wrote, “Commandos could get further into enemy territory or start out a safer distance away with this new vehicle. SEALs could also use this added range to escape any potential pursuers.”
If everything goes according to plan, the dry combat submersible could be put to use as early as 2020.
Navy SEALs will soon deploy in a new miniature submarine.
The Navy SEAL transportation system is about to be overhauled as the service looks to add both stealth and range through the creation of a new elite undersea vehicle.
Right now, SEALs are transported in a delivery vehicle that resembles a sled, decked out in full scuba gear, and completely exposed to the water.
But that will change by the end of the decade with addition of a new submarine-like vehicle. Called the “dry combat submersible,” the new craft will carry six SEALs over longer distances at greater depths, without leaving them exposed.
According to War Is Boring, “The most recent DCS prototype weighs almost 40,000 pounds and can travel up to 60 nautical miles while 190 feet below the waves.”
The first sub is due to be delivered in July 2018, and it will be operational as early as the fall. Testing is expected to be finished in 2019, reported The Hill.
Evidently, the vehicle will have many of the same characteristics as a submarine, including propellers, thrusters, ballast tanks, scrubbers, oxygen manifolds, and a periscope. In addition, these vehicles will be powered by battery.
Though the swimmers’ compartment is only about 12 feet long, making it a tight squeeze for six SEALs, officials are confident that it will be a drastic improvement over the current system.
War Is Boring also wrote, “Commandos could get further into enemy territory or start out a safer distance away with this new vehicle. SEALs could also use this added range to escape any potential pursuers.”
If everything goes according to plan, the dry combat submersible could be put to use as early as 2020.
The Navy SEAL transportation system is about to be overhauled as the service looks to add both stealth and range through the creation of a new elite undersea vehicle.
Right now, SEALs are transported in a delivery vehicle that resembles a sled, decked out in full scuba gear, and completely exposed to the water.
But that will change by the end of the decade with addition of a new submarine-like vehicle. Called the “dry combat submersible,” the new craft will carry six SEALs over longer distances at greater depths, without leaving them exposed.
According to War Is Boring, “The most recent DCS prototype weighs almost 40,000 pounds and can travel up to 60 nautical miles while 190 feet below the waves.”
The first sub is due to be delivered in July 2018, and it will be operational as early as the fall. Testing is expected to be finished in 2019, reported The Hill.
Evidently, the vehicle will have many of the same characteristics as a submarine, including propellers, thrusters, ballast tanks, scrubbers, oxygen manifolds, and a periscope. In addition, these vehicles will be powered by battery.
Though the swimmers’ compartment is only about 12 feet long, making it a tight squeeze for six SEALs, officials are confident that it will be a drastic improvement over the current system.
War Is Boring also wrote, “Commandos could get further into enemy territory or start out a safer distance away with this new vehicle. SEALs could also use this added range to escape any potential pursuers.”
If everything goes according to plan, the dry combat submersible could be put to use as early as 2020.
Navy SEALs will soon deploy in a new miniature submarine.
The Navy SEAL transportation system is about to be overhauled as the service looks to add both stealth and range through the creation of a new elite undersea vehicle.
Right now, SEALs are transported in a delivery vehicle that resembles a sled, decked out in full scuba gear, and completely exposed to the water.
But that will change by the end of the decade with addition of a new submarine-like vehicle. Called the “dry combat submersible,” the new craft will carry six SEALs over longer distances at greater depths, without leaving them exposed.
According to War Is Boring, “The most recent DCS prototype weighs almost 40,000 pounds and can travel up to 60 nautical miles while 190 feet below the waves.”
The first sub is due to be delivered in July 2018, and it will be operational as early as the fall. Testing is expected to be finished in 2019, reported The Hill.
Evidently, the vehicle will have many of the same characteristics as a submarine, including propellers, thrusters, ballast tanks, scrubbers, oxygen manifolds, and a periscope. In addition, these vehicles will be powered by battery.
Though the swimmers’ compartment is only about 12 feet long, making it a tight squeeze for six SEALs, officials are confident that it will be a drastic improvement over the current system.
War Is Boring also wrote, “Commandos could get further into enemy territory or start out a safer distance away with this new vehicle. SEALs could also use this added range to escape any potential pursuers.”
If everything goes according to plan, the dry combat submersible could be put to use as early as 2020.
New Vehicles Will Deliver SEALs With More Stealth Than Ever
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL - Why is this public info? Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
Capt Tom Brown
I could have gone all day without knowing that.. Evidently someone didn't think it was classified. Go figure??
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SFC William Farrell
Great question 1LT Sandy Annala. You always bring a level of clarity to our conversations on RP.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
1LT Sandy Annala great question! Being of Navy Seals, and talking stealth, I would not divulge anything that could be detrimental to the mission. However, in today's OPSEC IMHO, what is really defined as OPSEC in now-times??
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Last time I saw SEALS being delivered it was on the back of an aquarium truck SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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It would have been good if this news had been kept quiet SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL until a decade after its introduction: -)
As far as I am concerned there is far too much information in this web article.
As far as I am concerned there is far too much information in this web article.
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