{"id":2636,"date":"2017-10-28T18:56:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T18:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2017-10-28T18:56:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T18:56:55","slug":"chinese-navy-tests-experimental-magnetic-propoulsion-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/10\/28\/chinese-navy-tests-experimental-magnetic-propoulsion-system\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINESE NAVY TESTS EXPERIMENTAL MAGNETIC PROPOULSION SYSTEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/type-094a-strategic-nuclear-submarine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1553\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/type-094a-strategic-nuclear-submarine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/type-094a-strategic-nuclear-submarine.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/type-094a-strategic-nuclear-submarine-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/type-094a-strategic-nuclear-submarine-260x104.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/type-094a-strategic-nuclear-submarine-160x64.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Popular Mechanics<\/p>\n<p>By Kyle Mizokami<\/p>\n<p>Engineers and scientists in China have started up the first Chinese ship with a magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system. The system, which uses magnetic fields propel a ship through the water, promises to make quieter military submarines that are harder to detect. However, the technology is not new and has failed to catch on in the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>The report in China&#8217;s official military news site and mentioned by China Defense Blog, says that a ship with a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) propulsion system or &#8220;rim-driven pumpjet&#8221; drive was tested in southern China, on Hainan island. The ship, docked at the Chinese naval base at Sanya, was tested on October 18th and &#8220;then reached the designated speed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MHD propulsion systems work by using superconducting magnets to create strong magnetic fields. Generated by electric motors, these fields move seawater through an underwater shaft and past a metal rim, propelling the ship forward. MHD propulsion uses no moving parts, making it ultra-quiet.<\/p>\n<p>The fictional Soviet Navy submarine Red October in the film The Hunt for Red October used a MHD drive. In the movie, the Red October was described as particularly dangerous because its quietness made it easier to sneak up on the East Coast and launch a so-called nuclear &#8220;decapitation strike&#8221; against the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/research\/a28796\/chinese-navy-tests-experimental-magnetic-submarine-propulsion-system\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Popular Mechanics By Kyle Mizokami Engineers and scientists in China have started up the first Chinese ship with a magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system. The system, which uses magnetic fields propel a ship through the water, promises to make quieter military submarines that are harder to detect. However, the technology is not new and has&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/10\/28\/chinese-navy-tests-experimental-magnetic-propoulsion-system\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CHINESE NAVY TESTS EXPERIMENTAL MAGNETIC PROPOULSION SYSTEM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[80,1671],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","tag-china","tag-magnetohydrodynamic","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}