On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:23:52 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
Alan Minyard wrote:

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:00:35 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

Note that the German WWII sub coatings *did* work a bit. At least,
until they were exposed to sea water, which deposited a lot of
microscopic material on them which screwed up their stealth properties.
They also didn't "stick" very well.

Well, that sort of supports "completely in-effective" doesn't it :-)

It worked fine. As long as you kept it in pure fresh water...

Yes, but not a terribly target rich environment. :-)

Al Minyard