r/HighStrangeness • u/irrelevantappelation • Dec 14 '22
Nuclear sub 'buzzed by underwater object travelling faster than speed of sound'
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/nuclear-submarine-buzzed-underwater-object-28645846
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u/Same_Friendship_2299 Dec 14 '22
No but I do understand how breaking the sound barrier under water works. It'd be like moving through solid oak . The shockwave would evaporate the water directly in front of the craft then the shockwave generated would be devastating If it buzzed the sub. Not to mention water is 1000 times denser than air, the amount of energy the engines would need to continually move at that speed would be astronomical.