On 29 Jul 2003 10:23:14 GMT, Juergen Nieveler
wrote:

(KDR) wrote:

semi-submersible infiltration craft.

What is a "semi-submersible"? A boat that goes down but doesn't come
back up again?

IMHO, either a boat is submersed, meaning that it's completely below
the surface, or it's on the surface :-)


Not so - if you have a boat specifically designed to let water into
flotation bladders so that it's not completely above nor completely
below the water, you have a semi-submersible. Of course such a
capability means that it could also be floating fully on the surface
or at some other times be fully submerged.

Covert ops people might find a use for such a vehicle.

I didn't see the begining of this thread. Is it about the use of
AH-64s versus covert seaborne infiltrators? Little Birds were doing
that nearly 20 years ago.

John Hairell )