• Dynamo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I know smth about this is fucking dumb, but no clue what. The added weight? The impracticality?

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      1 year ago

      Air is a compressible fluid. Water is incompressible. Energy from shock waves will be transmitted from the hull to the crew in a much more efficient fashion.

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          1 year ago

          Because water doesn’t compress it transfers any shockwaves straight through anybody who is in the water. This happens much faster than the water has time to move out of the way.

          Sailors who are in the water after abandoning ship during naval battles are in extreme danger of dying if a bomb goes off close by.