On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:02:07 -0800, Joe wrote:

Check out the USA's next destroyers. Looks much like the civil war
monitor.

http://www.naval-technology.com/proj...ges/dd21_1.jpg

Joe
MSV RedCloud
A fine vessel for anyone to envy!

Just curious. In this day of laser/video guided missiles, audio and
magnetic sensors, etc., I'm wondering how important radar stealth is in a
ship? I can understand it's need in a plane traveling at 500 knots, but a
ship traveling a tenth of that? What am I missing?