surface-effect ship

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sur·face-ef·fect ship (sûr

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A ground-effect vehicle that operates over water.

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No references found			Stitt noted that Textron's advanced aluminum production lines give the company an edge in manufacturing technology, but he views the surface-effect ship as a "high-risk" design that the Navy may not be willing to take. Navy's littoral combat ship tests contractors' creativity by Erwin, Sandra I. / National Defense Interest in surface-effect ships also seems to be reviving, and yet, in the United States, the DD-21 programme may create a new kind of surface combatant. Warship design trends: warships are changing. For some years now, ... by Friedman, Norman / Armada International The Skjold-Class Fast-Patrol Boats are stealth surface-effect ships with a top service speed of 60 knots. Norwegian Skjold-Class Ships to Be Equipped with EDO Electronic ... by Business Wire			Surface grub surface lift Surface loading surface mail surface mine surface noise Surface of elasticity Surface of flotation surface of revolution surface plate Surface printing surface runoff surface search radar surface ship surface smuggling event surface soil surface structure surface tension surface warfare surface wave surface zero surface-active surface-active agent surface-air surface-assimilative surface-effect ship surface-mine surface-to-air surface-to-air guided missile surface-to-air missile surface-to-air missile envelope surface-to-air missile installation surface-to-air missile site surface-to-air missile system surface-to-air weapon surface-to-surface surface-to-surface guided missile surface-to-surface missile Surfacer surfacing surfactant surfbird surfboard surfboarder surfboarding surfboat surfcasting surfeit Surfeit-water Surfeiter Surfel			Surface-acoustic-wave surface-acoustic-wave device Surface-acoustic-wave devices Surface-acoustic-wave devices surface-acoustic-wave filter surface-active surface-active surface-active agent surface-active agent surface-active agent surface-active agent surface-active agent surface-air surface-assimilative Surface-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization surface-barrier diode Surface-barrier transistor Surface-Based Test Plan surface-charge transistor surface-coated mirror Surface-conduction electron-emitter display Surface-conduction electron-emitter display Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Displays surface-controlled avalanche transistor Surface-Controlled Sub-Surface Valve Surface-Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve Surface-Decalcified Allogeneic Bone Surface-Detected Motor Unit Action Potential Surface-Directed Surface-to-Air Missile Surface-Dry surface-effect ship Surface-Embedded Green Function Surface-Emitting Distributed Feedback Surface-Enhanced Hyper-Raman Scattering Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-Of-Flight Surface-Enhanced Raman Optical Data Storage Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Surface-Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Surface-Free Technology by Laser Annealing Surface-Green Surface-Guided Bloch Modes Surface-Induced Dissociation surface-induced thrombocytopenia surface-induced thrombocytopenia surface-induced thrombocytopenia Surface-ionization-type Ion Source Surface-Launched Air-Targeted Surface-Launched Unit Surface-Launched Unit Mine System Surface-Launched Unit, Fuel-Air Explosive Surface-Layer Classical Effective Density of States Surface-layer Quantum Effective Density of States surface-mine Surface-Modified Polymeric Nanogranules

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