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Drift City has got to be one of the most original games I've ever played. Part racer and part RPG, Drift City is the only game that can be truly labeled a racing MMORPG. Besides a lobby based racing game, Drift City offers a huge persistent game world complete with 4 cities, each with unique missions, side quests and geography. Drift City even has a back story — a new valuable fuel source called mitron was discovered on an island in the Pacific.
The island was named after the substance and quickly developed but mysterious unmanned cars began to appear and harass the inhabitants. Dubbed HUVs (High-Tech Unmanned Vehicles), they posed a threat to the island forcing all pedestrians off the roads. Expert drivers from around the world (such as yourself) were called in to deal with the HUV menace.
Moon Palace – This is where new players start their adventure. Moon Palace is a seaside metropolis with a wide open road system. The east of the city houses a portion of the island's industrial district where Mittron is refined. There is an airport on the west side of this city that is shared with Oros.
Koinonia – Mittron Island's industrial and commercial center, which also features a seaport.
Cras – A hilly city that is also home to the facilities where Mittron is mined. The city has a tunnel that leads players directly back to Moon Palace without having to pass through Oros or Koinonia.
Oros –A desert city that is a hot spot for Mittron development. Its main facilities are a space center and a secret military installation named "Area 71″ based on Area 51 in America. Released in November 21, 2008.
- Status: Released
- Release Date: Sep 05, 2007
- Business Model: Free to Play
- Developer: Naver Corporation
- Publisher: GamesCampus
- Category: Stand-alone
- Genre(s): 3D, Sports, Simulation
- Platforms: PC
Editor's Score: 4/5
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- +Large, persistent game world.
- +Hundreds of single player missions and side quests.
- +Dozens of car types and parts.
- -Repetitive missions. -
- -Imbalanced powerups.
- -Can't race right away, must complete several missions.
- Recommended System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP CPU:
- CPU: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or better
- RAM: 1024 MB or more
- GPU: Graphics Card: GeForce FX 6000 or better
- HDD: 1 GB Free
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My wife and I, recently married, just moved into our first home: a townhouse in the east end of the city. My father-in-law has been through the house top to bottom, toolbox in hand, fixing this and adjusting that. When it came time to install a towel rack or hang a mirror, I was the one handing the tools, not the one using them.
I am many things. A husband, a son, a lover of grilled cheese sandwiches. But a handyman isn't one of them. A DIY-er even less so.
In high school, I skipped shop class and took home ec instead. I can make a quiche or tell you the secret to a perfect beef bourguignon (pat the meat dry before browning it), but ask me the difference between a Robertson and a Phillips screwdriver and I'm lost.
Well . . . it must have had something to do with becoming a homeowner because, not long after we moved in, I had the overwhelming urge to fix, build and renovate. I wanted to be the one using the tools, not handing them.
When I proclaimed that I was going to make a dining table, my plan was met with laughter, skepticism and more than one person asking "You mean your father-in-law is going to build you a dining room table?"
No. I was going to build it myself, make it fit perfectly and save some money while I was at it.
One of the biggest problems with buying a finished table directly from a store (other than the price) was the compromises. My wife and I could never find anything we really liked. If the wood was gorgeous, the legs were awful. If the legs were perfect, the colour didn't work. And did I mention the price? I just couldn't justify paying nearly $2,000 for something that wasn't perfect, and that we didn't love.
So I thought, 'How hard could it be to build my own table?' Well, as I found out, not that hard at all. Don't think of it as furniture making — think of it as furniture assembly.
People have been impressed when they see our table, and I love telling them I built it. Did I mill the wood? No. Forge the legs? Not even close. But that isn't the point. I wouldn't grow the carrots or slaughter the cow to make that beef bourguignon, but I would get the best ingredients possible, put them together, and make the dish my own.
And that's what this table is. The best wood, the best legs, put together the way I want and made by me.
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- Body and Soul
- Surge of Darkness
- Void Tendrils
- Power Infusion
- Halo
- Auspicious Spirits
Desperate Prayer
2 min cooldown Instant
Heals the caster for 34,821.
Body and Soul
Your Power Word: Shield and Leap of Faith also increase your target's movement speed by 60% for 4 sec.
Surge of Darkness
Your Vampiric Touch and Devouring Plague damage has a 12% chance to cause your next Mind Spike not to consume your damage over time effects, be instant, and deal 50% additional damage. Can accumulate up to 3 charges.
Void Tendrils
1% of base mana
30 sec cooldown Instant
Summons shadowy tendrils, rooting up to 5 enemy targets within 8 yards for 20 sec or until the tendril is killed.
Power Infusion
2 min cooldown Instant
Infuses the Priest with power for 20 sec, increasing haste by 25% and reducing the mana cost of all spells by 20%.
30 yd range 1% of base mana
40 sec cooldown Instant
Creates a ring of Shadow energy around you that quickly expands and grows in power, up to 30 yds away. Deals up to 11,147 Shadow damage to enemies, with the greatest effect at 25 yds.
Auspicious Spirits
Your Shadowy Apparitions now deal 100% increased damage and grant you 1 Shadow Orb.
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Power Word: ShieldPassive20% of the absorb from your Power Word: Shield spell is converted into healing.
Glyph of Focused MendingPassiveCauses your Prayer of Mending to only bounce between the target and the caster.
Glyph of Mind Flay
ShadowPassiveYour Mind Flay spell no longer slows your victim's movement speed. Instead, each time Mind Flay deals damage you will be granted 15% increased movement speed for 5 sec, stacking up to 3 times.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of Shadow Ravens
ShadowPassiveYour Shadow Orbs now appear as Shadow Ravens.
Glyph of Dark Archangel
ShadowPassiveWhen you apply Devouring Plague to a target, you take on the form of a Dark Archangel for 8 sec.
Glyph of Shadowy Friends
ShadowPassiveYour Shadowform extends to your mount and non-combat pets.
- Desperate Prayer
- Angelic Feather
- Mindbender
- Void Tendrils
- Power Infusion
- Cascade
- Words of Mending
Desperate Prayer
2 min cooldown Instant
Heals the caster for 34,821.
Angelic Feather
40 yd range
Place a feather at the target location, granting the first ally to walk through it 60% increased movement speed for 6 sec. Max 3 charges. Only 3 feathers can be placed at one time.
40 yd range
1 min cooldown Instant
Creates a Mindbender to attack the target. Caster receives 0.75% mana when the Mindbender attacks. Lasts 20 sec.
Replaces Shadowfiend.
Replaces Shadowfiend.
Void Tendrils
1% of base mana
30 sec cooldown Instant
Summons shadowy tendrils, rooting up to 5 enemy targets within 8 yards for 20 sec or until the tendril is killed.
Power Infusion
2 min cooldown Instant
Infuses the Priest with power for 20 sec, increasing haste by 25% and reducing the mana cost of all spells by 20%.
40 yd range 2.4% of base mana
25 sec cooldown 1.5 sec cast
Launch a Holy bolt that grows in power with distance, healing an ally for up to 1,475, and then bouncing to additional allies 4 times. Each time it bounces, it splits into 2 bolts.
Words of Mending
Your healing and shielding spell casts grant you a stack of Word of Mending. When you gain 10 stacks of Word of Mending, your next targeted healing or shielding spell also casts a Prayer of Mending at them.
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Renew
HolyPassiveYour Renew heals for 25% more each time it heals, but its duration is reduced by 3 sec.
Glyph of Binding Heal
HolyPassiveYour Binding Heal spell now heals a third friendly target within 20 yards, but costs 35% more mana.
Glyph of Deep Wells
HolyPassiveIncreases the total amount of charges of your Lightwell by 2.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of the ShaPassiveTransforms your Shadowfiend and Mindbender into a Sha Beast.
Glyph of ConfessionPassiveTeaches you the ability Confession.
Compels a friendly target to confess a secret.
Glyph of AngelsPassiveYour heal spells momentarily grant you angelic wings.
- Health269580
- Mana160000
- Intellect 4300
- Spell Power 5460
- Haste 14.11%
- Crit 19.24%
- Mastery 39.29%
- Multistrike 8.76%
- Versatility 3.47%
- Intellect 4300
- Spell Power 5460
- Multistrike 8.76%
- Spirit 780
- Crit 19.24%
- Haste 14.11%
- Mastery 39.29%
- Versatility 3.47%
- Strength 840
- Agility 1069
- Intellect 4300
- Stamina 4493
- Damage 163–306
- Attack Power 0
- Speed 1.40
- Spell Power 5460
- Mana Regen 6415
- Armor 730
- Dodge 3.00%
- Parry 0.00%
- Block 0.00%
- Crit 19.24%
- Haste 14.11%
- Mastery 39.29%
- Spirit 780
- Bonus Armor 0
- Multistrike 8.76%
- Leech 0.00%
- Versatility 3.47%
- Avoidance 3.80%
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- 3 days ago
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Danger from the deep: New climate threat as methane rises from cracks in Arctic ice
Scientists shocked to find greenhouse gas 70 times more potent than CO2 bubbling from deep ocean
Steve Connor
Steve Connor is the Science Editor of The Independent and i. He has won many awards for his journalism, including five-times winner of the prestigious British science writers' award; the David Perlman Award of the American Geophysical Union; four times highly commended as specialist journalist of the year in the UK Press Awards; UK health journalist of the year and a special merit award of the European School of Oncology for his investigations into the tobacco industry. He has a degree in zoology from the University of Oxford and has a special interest in genetics and medical science, human evolution and origins, climate change and the environment.
Monday 23 April 2012
A new source of methane – a greenhouse gas many times more powerful than carbon dioxide – has been identified by scientists flying over areas in the Arctic where the sea ice has melted.
Click here to see 'The deadly depths - Methane release in the Arctic' graphic
The researchers found significant amounts of methane being released from the ocean into the atmosphere through cracks in the melting sea ice. They said the quantities could be large enough to affect the global climate. Previous observations have pointed to large methane plumes being released from the seabed in the relatively shallow sea off the northern coast of Siberia but the latest findings were made far away from land in the deep, open ocean where the surface is usually capped by ice.
Eric Kort of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said that he and his colleagues were surprised to see methane levels rise so dramatically each time their research aircraft flew over cracks in the sea ice.
"When we flew over completely solid sea ice, we didn't see anything in terms of methane. But when we flew over areas were the sea ice had melted, or where there were cracks in the ice, we saw the methane levels increase," Dr Kort said. "We were surprised to see these enhanced methane levels at these high latitudes. Our observations really point to the ocean surface as the source, which was not what we had expected," he said.
"Other scientists had seen high concentrations of methane in the sea surface but nobody had expected to see it being released into the atmosphere in this way," he added.
Methane is about 70 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide when it comes to trapping heat. However, because methane is broken down more quickly in the atmosphere, scientists calculate that it is 20 times more powerful over a 100-year cycle. The latest methane measurements were made from the American HIPPO research programme where a research aircraft loaded with scientific instruments flies for long distances at varying altitudes, measuring and recording gas levels at different heights.
The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, covered several flights into the Arctic at different times of the year. They covered an area about 950 miles north of the coast of Alaska and about 350 miles south of the North Pole. Dr Kort said that the levels of methane coming off this region were about the same as the quantities measured by other scientists monitoring methane levels above the shallow sea of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf.
"We suggest that the surface waters of the Arctic Ocean represent a potentially important source of methane, which could prove sensitive to changes in sea ice cover," the researchers write. "The association with sea ice makes this methane source likely to be sensitive to changing Arctic ice cover and dynamics, providing an unrecognised feedback process in the global atmosphere-climate system," they say.
Climate scientists are concerned that rising temperatures in the Arctic could trigger climate-feedbacks, where melting ice results in the release of methane which in turn results in a further increase in temperatures.
"We should be concerned because there's so many things in the Arctic where the warming feeds further warming. There are many things in the Arctic that do respond to warming," said Euan Nisbet, a methane expert at Royal Holloway University of London.
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The July 31 trade deadline was fraught with vulnerability. The Red Sox badly wanted to part ways with Manny Ramirez and knew that their options to replace him while maintaining a playoff-caliber club were limited.
The Sox faced a Bay-or-bust proposition. Two-time All-Star Jason Bay of Pittsburgh loomed as the lone outfielder on the trade market whose production could sustain Boston's title aspirations.
The Sox knew this, as did every other club that became involved in a possible deal. Those teams believed that the decision makers on Yawkey Way were driven by a mandate of necessity. Understandably, they wanted to leverage Boston's challenging circumstances.
The Sox had already made the concession to pick up the remainder of Ramirez' 2008 salary. Not a single team was willing to discuss acquiring the discontented outfielder if it had to pay him. The Sox viewed the money as a sunk cost on which they might not get any return if Ramirez tanked his way down the stretch.
The team understood, too, that it would have to include prospects in a package for Bay, a player whose talents made his salary ($5.75 million in 2008, $7.5 million in 2009) a bargain. Even so, the Sox were willing to walk away from a deal if it meant mortgaging too much of their future.
The Pirates, who require a massive overhaul of their farm system and are years from contention, insisted that any deal for Bay include a young player with huge upside in the lower minors. The Sox had just such a talent, and the Pirates pushed strongly to acquire him.
The Pirates asked repeatedly for the Sox to include pitcher Stolmy Pimentel in a Bay trade, adding him to a package that already included pitcher Craig Hansen and outfielder Brandon Moss. Boston faced a dilemma with a pitcher out of the Dominican who had shown tantalizing talent beyond his years.
At the time, the 18-year-old was 2-2 with a 3.41 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 37 innings for Single-A Lowell. The right-hander already featured a polished arsenal (low-90s fastball and swing-and-miss curveball and changeup) that, combined with a projectable 6-foot-2 frame, suggested top-of-the-rotation potential.
The Ramirez conundrum was significant enough that some members of the Sox front office were willing to include Pimentel in a deal. A spirited debate, informed by a flawed trade one year earlier, ensued.
In 2007, the Sox had tried to bolster their title hopes by acquiring reliever Eric Gagne from the Rangers at the trade deadline. Gagne's performance was bad enough, but the acquisition cost made the deal even more difficult to swallow.
Outfielder David Murphy and pitcher Kason Gabbard were players who had been skimmed from the surface of a deep farm system. But Engel Beltre was something else entirely.
Beltre, who at 18 was the youngest position player in the Midwest League this year, demonstrated extraordinary tools this year in Low-A ball. The five-tool centerfielder hit .288/.308/.403/.711 with eight homers and 31 steals, finishing the year ranked by Baseball America as the No. 6 Midwest League prospect.
"Last year, we got burned a little by including an Engel Beltre," said a Sox official. "We just didn't want to have that taste in our mouths again."
Ultimately, the team decided not to deal Pimentel. That stance jeopardized the deal into the final minutes before the July 31 deadline.
"Even when it came time to blink," noted Pirates G.M. Neal Huntington shortly after the deadline, "a large number of players were held back and they weren't made available for these types of trades."
But the Dodgers agreed in the minutes prior to the deadline to include A-ball pitcher Bryan Morris along with third baseman Andy LaRoche. Those two were packaged along with Sox prospects Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen—drawn from organizational strengths in the outfield and on the mound—to bring the deal to fruition.
Despite an adverse negotiating position, the Sox had shed Ramirez and acquired Bay without sacrificing any of the top prospects in their system.
The Bay trade underscored the careful balancing act that has become a centerpiece of the Red Sox blueprint to be a perennial contender. Regardless of the circumstance, the team tries to avoid at all costs deals that address short-term needs but that might undermine the organization's long-term health.
"You can't replace having a healthy foundation for the long haul," said G.M. Theo Epstein. "We keep the big picture in mind first and foremost. The way we contend in any given year is by having a healthy organization over the long haul."
The Sox have a goal of putting a 95-game winner on the field every season. The open-ended nature of that mandate requires the team to consider the future implications of any deal that it contemplates, rather than mortgaging the future at the expense of the present.
Indeed, the Sox suggest that the very notion of evaluating trades in terms of their short- and long-term impact is somewhat misleading.
"There are trades that a team can make that on the surface be more about improving the team in the short-term and also have great long-term effect, and there can also be trades that on the surface are long term but have great short-term effects," said Sox Vice President/Player Personnel Ben Cherington. "I don't think it's possible to neatly characterize a trade discussion in one way or the other."
The potential winter deal for two-time Cy Young winner Johan Santana has already demonstrated as much.
At the time, Santana was regarded as the sort of presence who would make the Sox huge favorites to repeat as World Series champs. The prospects whom the Twins sought—a list that included, at different times, the likes of Jon Lester, Jacoby Ellsbury, Justin Masterson and Jed Lowrie—were seen as potential future contributors to the Sox, but with only modest short-term impact.
"When we were, last year, talking about the Santana deal, there were some people (in the organization) who were talking about that deal as the key to a dynasty," said Epstein. "It was good to hear their perspective."
Yet ultimately, the team placed a premium on keeping a group of players that could provide organizational depth for the 2008 season and that represented potential key contributors going forward.
Had the Sox concluded a deal for Santana that included Lester, Masterson and Lowrie, the team would have been unlikely to withstand the sweeping injuries of this season. In 2008, Boston was likely better off for the presence of players whose roles exceeded expectations. The emphasis on long-term goals improved the team's immediate fortunes.
The Bay deal similarly presented the Sox with an opportunity to address both short- and long-term challenges. The team would replace Ramirez, an All-Star outfielder whose commitment to his club was an open question, with Bay, a player whose total skill set has neared or matched the one-dimensional contributions of his predecessor.
In the process, the Sox saved themselves a potentially enormous postseason headache. Even had they kept Ramirez at the deadline, the Sox were likely to accede to his efforts to force his way out of town this winter by declining his option.
That, in turn, would have left the team scrambling to acquire an outfielder, with Bay being at or near the top of the list of available candidates. Had the Sox been unable to use Ramirez in a three-way deal, they likely would have had to add top prospects—the likes of Pimentel, Clay Buchholz or Masterson, in addition to Moss and Hansen—to acquire a player like Bay in a trade.
In a moment of crisis, the Sox were able to address both immediate and long-term concerns without, they believe, paying a price that they would one day regret. The formula is part of a blueprint that has helped the team reach the postseason in five of the last six years, and that is meant to sustain championship ambitions in 2008 and seasons to come.
Alex Speier is a Senior Writer for WEEI.com.
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The Apartamentos Capital is located in Santiago, Chile
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Located in a privileged part of the city, Apart Hotel Capital offers apartments in Santiago in Providencia neighbourhood. This convenient 3-star apartment features fully equipped lodgings with great ubication close to banks and commercial areas of Santiago. The Apart Hotel Capital combines services and comfort of a hotel with the amenities and freedom of apartments. This lovely accommodation in Santiago, Chile is within walking distance from Los Leones, Pedro de Valdivia, and Manuel Montt Subway Stations in the capital. Visitors will surely enjoy the exclusive amenities such as the great swimming pool with panoramic views of the city, the perfect place to enjoy this relaxing stay in the best neighbourhood of Santiago de Chile.
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A system and method autonomously clears obstacles and mines from an approach lane. A ship is distantly located from an approach lane spanning a surf zone and beach portion, and the ship has operator control station software in an onboard computer. At least one system delivery vehicle having a storage bay and propulsion system transits from the ship to the approach lane in response to instructions from the operator control station. A line charge is disposed in each bay and has one end coupled to the system delivery vehicle. A line charge delivery vehicle in the bay is connected to another end of the line charge to pull the line charge from the bay and emplace it in a straight path in the approach lane in response to instructions from the operator control station. Explosives in all line charges are detonated to clear the approach lane.
1. A system for autonomous clearance of obstacles and mines from an approach lane comprising:
a ship distantly located from an approach lane spanning a surf zone and beach portion, said ship having operator control station software in an onboard computer;
a system delivery vehicle having a storage bay and means to transit from said ship to said approach lane in response to first instructions from said operator control station software;
a line charge disposed in said bay and having one end coupled to said system delivery vehicle; and
a line charge delivery vehicle disposed in said bay and connected to another end of said line charge to pull said line charge from said bay and emplace said line charge in a straight path in said approach lane in response to second instructions from said operator control station software.
2. The system of
3. The system of
4. The system of
5. The system of
a first computer in said system delivery vehicle to effect operation thereof in response to said first instructions and a second computer in said line charge delivery vehicle to effect operation thereof in response to said second instructions.
6. The system of
7. The system of
8. The system of
9. The system of
means for detonating said explosive charges to clear obstacles and mines from said approach lane.
10. The system of
a plurality of system delivery vehicles each having a storage bay with a reel therein;
a plurality of line charges; and
a plurality of line charge delivery vehicles, each of said system delivery vehicles containing a separate one of said line charge delivery vehicles connected to a separate one of said line charges, each of said line charges being connected to and coiled on a separate reel, each of said plurality of system delivery vehicles having a first computer having different first instructions to position said plurality of system delivery vehicles in side-by-side spaced apart locations along a seaward base portion of said approach lane, each of said line charge delivery vehicles having a second computer having different instructions to open each bay and activate each line charge delivery vehicle to pull a separate line charge from a reel and along a different path in said approach lane.
11. The system of
12. The system of
13. A method of autonomously clearing obstacles and mines from an approach lane comprising the steps of:
transiting designator vehicles in water from a support ship to seaward corner positions in water outside of an approach lane;
deploying sensors for position and depth at said seaward corner positions in said water outside of said approach lane;
transmitting sensor and position data through said water from said seaward corner positions;
initializing first computers in a plurality of system delivery vehicles with first instructions based partially on said data and second computers in a plurality of line charge delivery vehicles with second instructions at said support ship, said system delivery vehicles each having a storage bay with a reel therein;
containing a separate one of said line charge delivery vehicles and a line charge in each bay, each line charge having one end connected to a separate one of said line charge delivery vehicles and another end connected to a reel and being coiled thereon;
transiting said system delivery vehicles to base positions located along a seaward edge of said approach lane between said seaward corner positions;
rotating covers from each bay;
flooding each bay with water;
deploying a line charge delivery vehicle from each bay;
pulling a line charge behind each line charge delivery vehicle along a separate path in said approach lane; and
emplacing all line charges in said approach lane.
14. The method of
arriving at different designated ones of said base positions by different ones of said system delivery vehicles, said base positions being spaced apart from one another in a side-by-side relationship along said seaward edge of said approach lane; and
flooding compartments in said system delivery vehicles to sink said system delivery vehicles to bottom of said water to maintain said spaced apart side-by-side relationship at said base positions.
15. The method of
crawling tracked crawler assemblies of each line charge delivery vehicle over open covers and onto and across said bottom.
16. The method of
rotating each reel as each line charge delivery vehicle unwraps and pulls more of each line charge from each reel.
17. The method of
crawling all line charge delivery vehicles from their base positions along said bottom under a surf zone of said approach lane in paths parallel with each other in said approach lane, each line charge being dragged along and pulled straight to space and emplace explosive charges of each line charge apart in a parallel separation in said paths.
18. The method of
partially buoying each line array in said surf zone with an elongate sac connected to each line charge to reduce part of the entrained load created by each line charge.
19. The method of
locking each reel to prevent further outward travel of each line charge delivery vehicle connected to each line charge;
stretching tight each locked-in-place line charge; and
anchoring each stretched tight line charge by each system delivery vehicle and line charge delivery vehicle connected thereto, said step of anchoring holding the stretched line charges in place along said paths.
20. The method of
extending said step of crawling all line charge delivery vehicles to create continuously extended paths of emplaced line charges across said approach lane from said seaward edge of said surf zone to an inland edge of a beach portion of said approach lane.
21. The method of
detonating explosive charges in all line charges to clear said approach lane of obstacles and mines.
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
This invention relates to clearing mines and other obstacles from an area. More particularly, this invention is to an autonomous system deploying at least one line charge to clear an approach lane.
Access to regions held by hostile forces could require an amphibious assault through an approach lane that extends from the sea and across a beach. Prior to the amphibious assault, mines and obstacles should be cleared from the approach lane so that landing craft can safely make the assault. A more challenging part of this task is the clearance of the surf zone portion of the lane (from 10 to 0 feet of water depth) because of highly dynamic and unforgiving wave action, currents, etc.
Divers in demolition/assault teams have performed this task but they must bring in a substantial amount of explosive charges. By itself carrying in this load is formidable, however, the significant hazards in the dynamic surf zone additionally must be dealt with. During deployment, the demolition teams and the explosive charges often are in exposed positions. This could attract unwanted attention and draw concentrated defensive fires from entrenched, determined defenders. The extreme peril created during manned clearing operations usually means that casualties may have to be sustained among the members of these highly trained teams, and even at this cost, the success of such missions may still be in doubt.
Rocket deployed line charges have been used with some success. But, they usually are launched from exposed positions adjacent to a target area, and neutralization of all mines and obstacles in an area is not assured since the rocket deployed line charges do not always accurately and uniformly cover a designated area satisfactorily.
Thus, in accordance with this inventive concept, a need has been recognized in the state of the art for an autonomous method and means for clearing mines and other obstacles from an approach lane that reduces the hazards to personnel yet assures successful completion of the mission.
An object of the invention is to provide an autonomous system to deploy at least one explosive line charge to neutralize mines and obstacles in an approach lane.
Another object of the invention is to provide an autonomous system to deploy at least one explosive line charge to neutralize mines and obstacles in an approach lane extending through the surf zone and partially onto the beach.
Another object of the invention is to provide an autonomous system to neutralize mines and obstacles in an approach lane that reduces the exposure of personnel to danger.
Another object of the invention is to provide an autonomous system to neutralize mines and obstacles in an approach lane to reduce the exposure of personnel to danger and using at least one line charge that can be partially deployed, further deployed, and detonated in a spacedapart sequence.
Another object of the invention is to provide an autonomous system to neutralize mines and obstacles in an approach lane having a buoyancy means on line charges to aid deployment through the surf zone and partially onto the beach.
These and other objects of the invention will become more readily apparent from the ensuing specification when taken in conjunction with the appended claims.
Accordingly, the present invention is to an autonomous system and method for deployment of a line charge extending through a surf zone and/or partially across a beach to clear mines and obstacles from an approach lane. A ship is distantly located from an approach lane spanning a surf zone and a beach portion, and the ship has software of an operator control station in an onboard computer. At least one system delivery vehicle having a storage bay and propulsion means transits from the ship to the approach lane in response to first instructions from the operator control station. A line charge is disposed in each bay and has one end coupled to the system delivery vehicle. A line charge delivery vehicle in each bay is connected to another end of the line charge to pull the line charge from the bay and emplace it in a straight path in the approach lane in response to second instructions from the operator control system. Explosives in all line charges are detonated to clear the approach lane.
Referring to
Autonomous deployment system 10 has an over-the-horizon support ship 30, at least one system delivery vehicle (SYSDV) 40, at least one line charge 50, and at least one line charge delivery vehicle (LCDV) 60. Autonomous deployment system 10 of the invention allows selective, controlled clearing of an area, or approach lane 20 with at least one line charge 50. Only one SYSDV 40, line charge 50, and LCDV 60 are shown in
Support ship 30 is the staging area of system 10 and has a software control package, or operator control station (OCS) 35 running on laptop computer 36. OCS 35 is used to plan and execute line deployment missions and allows an operator at a distant command station or at ship 30 to analyze the information of latitudes/longitudes representing the area to be cleared and monitor system status and progress. In accordance with software package of OCS 35 laptop computer 36 can display maps of the area indicating the lane to be cleared in order to confirm the information provided by the operator. Software of OCS 35 on laptop 36 tells the operator the number of SYSDV 40s and LCDV 60s pulling line charges 50 that must be deployed in order to clear the area of approach lane 20.
Next, the software of OCS 35 will initialize each SYSDV 40 and LCDV 60 and provide first instructions 46, or software on a first single board computer 47 in each SYSDV 40 and second instructions 68, or software on a second single board computer 69 in each LCDV 60. First instructions 46 in first computer 47 in each SYSDV 40 effect responsive operation of that SYSDV 40. For example, first instructions 46 from OCS 35 can control where each SYSDV 40 should deploy its associated LCDV 60. Second instructions 68 in second computer 69 in each LCDV 60 effect operation of that LCDV 60 in response to second instructions 68. For example, second instructions 68 can control the elongate path 60 a each LCDV 60 should traverse to emplace its interconnected line charge 50 along that path 60 a.
From laptop computer 36 in ship 30 first and second instructions 46, 68 in first and second computers 47, 69 make each SYSDV 40 and its associated LCDV 60 autonomous by providing destination/path and obstacle avoidance instructions. First and second instructions 46, 68 can also tell each SYSDV 40 where the deployment destination of line charge 50 by each LCDV 60 is and where each LCDV 60's path 60 a through approach lane 20 is. Accordingly, after each SYSDV 40 is launched, it automatically proceeds to the designated area for deployment of its payload, (LCDV 60 and its line charge 50), and completion of the mission.
At least one SYSDV 40 and LCDV 60 can have a remote control capability responsive to, for example, electromagnetic control signals 30 a and/or acoustic control signals 30b transmitted from ship 30, or another remote station to allow remote control of SYSDV 40 and LCDV 60. Additional communications capabilities can be included in communication/control modules 45 and modules of navigational equipment 66 that interface with antennas 45 a, 66 a and transducers 45 b, 66 b for SYSDV 40 and LCDV 60, respectively. The remote control capability can be a desirable feature when tactical scenarios change.
SYSDV 40 of autonomous deployment system 10 can be deployed many miles from ship 30 to the seaward edge 22 a of surf zone 22 where at least one line charge 50 is to be deployed. SYSDV 40 can have one or more propulsion means having propeller/control fin structures 41 as a swimmer delivery vehicle and/or having several tracked crawler assemblies 42 as a ground crawler vehicle similar to a heavy equipment, earth moving vehicle to propel and steer SYSDV 40 through water 23 from ship 30. Propeller/control fin structures 41 are more likely to be selected for guided propulsion of SYSDV 40 over long distances or rough marine topography.
Each SYSDV 40 can be relatively large since it must transport considerable equipment and a bulky and heavy payload (LCDV 60 and line charge 50). SYSDV 40 has propulsion and guidance motors 43 and fuel and/or battery supply 44 for propeller/control fin structures 41 and tracked ground crawler assemblies 42. Communications/control modules 45 are connected to structures 41 and assemblies 42 via motors 43 and are connected to single board computer 47. Single board computer 47 can have the capacity of a desktop computer and has software 46 that is responsive to OCS 35 when each computer 47 of each SYSDV 40 is coupled to laptop computer 36 aboard ship 30. This responsive software 46 entered into computer 47 allows it to generate proper control signals for communications/control modules 45 to get SYSDV 40 to its intended destination while avoiding any obstacles that might be encountered during the transit. En route to the intended destination, corrections and/or changes in course can be made via communications/control modules 45. Modules 45 additionally have a navigational payload system to receive electromagnetic signals via antenna 45 a from the global positioning system (GPS, DGPS, GPS with WAAS) and/or a long baseline acoustic navigational system to receive acoustic signals via acoustic transducers 45 b and generate appropriate control signals to keep SYSDV 40 on course or change to a different destination as a tactical situation changes.
Each SYSDV 40 has a spacious storage bay 48 that can be selectably opened and closed by a hinged cover 48a. Storage bay 48 contains a high-capacity reel 49 having a line charge 50 coiled on it and a line charge delivery vehicle (LCDV) 60. Optionally, when a system delivery vehicle is to be used to designate an approach lane 20 (such as designator SYSDVs 40 a, 40 b to be described), bay 48 can contain a low-observable float 70 having a tether 71 coiled on a spool 72. Cover 48 a can be opened, bay 48 flooded, and tether 71 paid-out as float 70 is buoyed to surface 23 a of water 23 as described below.
Typically, line charge 50 can be a series of explosive charges 51 connected together in a spaced-apart relationship from one another by flexible cord-like strength members 52. Strength members 52 hold line explosive charges 51 as an elongate unit as it is deployed. A firing means, such as an elongate flexible detonating cord 53 may coextend with strength members 52 to explosive charges 51 to detonate them after line charge 50 has been deployed.
A firing device 54 can be connected to detonating cord 53 and communication/control modules 45 to initiate detonation of line charge at the proper time. Firing device 54 can be located in the components of reel 49 inside storage bay 48 of SYSDV 40. Optionally, line charge 50 can include a redundant firing device located in LCDV 60 (not shown) that could be actuated by radio frequency, acoustic, or other signals and used in the event the primary firing device fails. The redundant firing device located on LCDV 60 can be used in the event there is unused line charge 50 remaining on reel after the deployment process is complete, which will prevent premature severing of detonation cord 53 at reel 49 when the excess line charge detonates.
Line charge 50 has an elongate sac 55 defining an air plenum that can surround and be connected to explosive charges 51, strength members 52, and detonating cord 53. Elongate sac 55 makes line charge 50 only slightly negatively buoyant when it is in salt water 23. Small flotation blocks (not shown) could be spaced among explosive charges 51 for buoyancy instead of elongate sac 55. The buoyancy feature of elongate sac 55 is important because without it, LCDV 60 may not have sufficient power/traction to drag line charge 50 from reel 49 on SYSDV 40 and pay it out from reel 49 all to way through surf zone 22 and onto beach portion 25. One option is to have each LCDV 60 bring its interconnected line charge 50 to water's edge at low tide, then later at high tide move onto beach portion 25 that is underwater at high tide. Later when the tide recedes to the next low tide condition, the part of beach portion 25 that is now not underwater can be cleared by detonation of each line charge 50. As a further option each LCDV 60 may be made more powerful to be able to drag each line charge 50 through surf zone 23 and across beach 25, but the more powerful LCDVs 60 might have to be larger and consequently may compromise covertness.
LCDV 60 is an autonomous vehicle that will automatically navigate its way from SYSDV 40, through surf zone 22, shoreline 24 and onto beach portion 25 (or close to the beach) using a path 60 a that can be made perpendicular to shoreline 24. LCDV 60 has several tracked crawler assemblies 62 mounted on it and driving means 64 are coupled to tracked crawler assemblies 62 to impart crawling motion to LCDV 60 as it crawls along exposed floor, or bottom 23 b under water 23 in surf zone 22 and surface of beach portion 25. Driving means 64 can be functionally the same as motors 43, fuel and/or batteries 44 and communication/control modules 45 of SYSDV 40. However, since the distance LCDV 60 has to travel is less than the distance SYSDV 40 must travel, less fuel or electrical power is required.
LCDV 60 additionally has navigation equipment 66 to successfully navigate through surf zone 22 and beach portion 25 while maintaining the desired path 60 a to ensure that line charge 50 is properly deployed. Navigation equipment 66 of LCDV 60 includes computer 69 and modules that provide at least the functional equivalent of communication/control modules 45 of SYSDV 40, and an acoustic long baseline receiver 67 a is coupled to an acoustic transducer 67 b in addition to a compass, gyroscopes, etc. In addition to receiving second instructions 68 on second computer 69 for a mission from OCS 35 of laptop computer 36 on ship 30, second computer 69 of LCDV 60 runs a Kalman filter to calculate position and heading accurately based on information from these sensors. An antenna 66 a can be connected to equipment 66 to provide a means of receiving electromagnetic control signals, for example, signals 30 a from ship 30. Transducer 67 b provides the capability not only to transmit acoustic signals, but also to receive acoustic control signals 30 b and other signals, such as LBL navigation signals from transmitter 73.
Components and connections for modules of communication/control modules 45 and modules for navigational equipment 66 and their appropriate interconnection to responsive machinery are well known in the art. Considerable numbers of off-the-shelf units have long been available for model aircraft and boats, unmanned reconnaissance and drone craft, and full-scale marine and aircraft systems. These applications routinely rely on interfacing with numerous navigational aids, such as GPS and acoustic signals to steer a given course to a preset destination. Therefore, having this disclosure before him, one skilled in the art to which this invention pertains is free to choose and appropriately interconnect suitable components freely available in the art.
Line charge 50 is attached at one end to reel 49 and at its opposite end to LCDV 60. Since reel 49 is connected to SYSDV 40, when LCDV 60 leaves bay 48 and exerts a pulling force on line charge 50, line charge 50 is uncoiled from reel 49 and is pulled straight. LCDV 60 proceeds on its way and may stop in surf zone 22 or extend through it and onto beach portion 25. Line charge 50 is pulled straight and trails behind to extend along the distance traveled by LCDV 60. Once LCDV 60 reaches a desired depth in surf zone 22 or the desired distance from SYSDV 40 to shoreline or somewhere on beach portion 25, reel 49 on SYSDV 40 locks and LCDV 60 continues to drive forward until a predetermined tension is created on line charge 50. Once this predetermined tension pulls line charge 50 to a desired degree of tightness, it is straightened out and further progress of LCDV 60 is arrested. SYSDV 40 and LCDV 60 serve as anchors to hold line charge 50 in place along path 60 a until the time it is detonated.
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The primary purpose of the two transmitters 73 that are placed at the seaward corner positions 22 b near seaward edge 22 a of surf zone 22 (depicted in
The basic principle of a standard passive acoustic LBL system is as follows:
SYSDVs 40, LCDVs 60 and the two acoustic transmitters 73 are time synchronized, and each contains a highly accurate clock, which minimizes clock drift. The two transmitters 73 are deployed (as shown in
Designator SYSDVs 40 a, 40 b leave ship 30 and autonomously transit to the seaward edge 22 a of surf zone 22 of approach lane 20 in accordance with instructions on their first computers 47. Near seaward edge 22 a, each SYSDV 40 a, 40 b floods ballast tanks 40 aa and sinks to the bottom to each deploy a long baseline acoustic transmitter 73 and a low-observable float 70 at seaward corner positions 220 b located just outside of outer corners 22 c of surf zone 22 of approach lane 20.
Each float 70 is buoyed upward and has depth sensor 74 and a GPS receiver 75 mounted on it to float at surface 23 a. Tether 71 is paidout from spool 72 on each SYSDV 40 a, 40 b at seaward corner positions 22 b until each depth sensor 74 detects that float 70 has reached surface 23 a. Spool 72 is rotated to reduce the slack in tether 71, to reduce error that might be attributed to watch circle. GPS receiver 75 on float 70 integrates its position for a given length of time to improve the accuracy of the position survey.
After gathering the needed data, each float is retracted below surface 23 a to maintain covertness. The position data for each acoustic LBL navigation transmitter 73 located at each seaward corner position 22 b is acoustically transmitted via transmitters 73 back to ship 30 and to any additional SYSDVs 40 or LCDVs 60 currently in the water. The transmitted data can be incorporated into OCS 35 in computer 36 and included as part of instructions 46 and 68 for other SYSDVs 40 and their associated LCDVs 60 that will require these coordinates to utilize the LBL navigational system to accurately emplace several line charges 50.
Next, the operator on ship 30 enters two latitude/longitude pairs indicating the position of each acoustic LBL transmitter 73 located in designator SYSDVs 40 a, 40 b and four additional coordinates representing the corners of approach lane 20 to be cleared into OCS 35. OCS 35 displays a map of the area of approach lane 20 and requests that the user confirms the field layout of approach lane 20.
Another way to get the needed data is contrary to the autonomous procedure described above. Transmitters 73 are deployed using divers that are sent out from ship 30. Divers make their way to the deployment position (seaward corner positions 22 b), they survey their positions using the global positioning system (GPS), and relay the GPS coordinates of each acoustic LBL navigation transmitter 73 to ship 30. The GPS coordinates are entered into OCS 35 on computer 36 on ship 30 to initialize SYSDVs 40 and LCDVs 60 for clearing of approach lane 20.
Actual clearing of approach lane 20 can now begin in earnest. Computer 36 on ship 30 is coupled to first and second computers 47, 69 on SYSDVs 40 and LCDVs 60, respectively. OCS 35 on computer 36 initializes first and second computers 47, 69 on SYSDVs 40 and LCDVs 60, providing them with first and second instructions 46, 68 containing the field information necessary for them to complete their mission.
SYSDVs 40 which contain explosive line charges 50, LCDVs 60, and other system components needed to deploy line charges 50, are deployed, or launched from ship 30. Since each of SYSDVs 40 has different first instructions 46 in their first computers 47, each of SYSDVs 40 transits to arrive at different designated base positions 80 spaced apart from one another in a side-by-side relationship along seaward edge 22 a of surf zone 22 and approach lane 20 to be cleared, see
At positions 80 first computers 47 of SYSDVs 40 initiate flooding of one or more internal compartments 40 aa and SYSDVs 40 sink through water 23 to bottom 23 b of water 23. At a predetermined time that is in accordance with first instructions 46 in first computers 47, covers 48a are rotated open, and bays 48 of SYSDVs 40 are flooded. In accordance with the different second instructions 68 in second computers 69 of each LCDV 60, tracked crawler assemblies 62 of LCDVs 60 in flooded bays 48 are activated and proceed to crawl over opened covers 48 a and onto bottom 23 b. Each LCDV 60 pulls on an interconnected line charge 50 that is each wrapped about reel 49 and rotates reel 49 as it drags part of line charge 50 behind. Each reel 49 in each SYSDV 40 continues to rotate as each LCDV 60 unwraps and pulls more and more of its interconnected line charge 50 from its position of coiled stowage. Different second instructions 68 in second computers 69 in each of LCDVs 60 guide each LCDV 60 along a different path 60 a that are parallel and equal distantly spaced from each other. As each LCDV 60 crawls, or progresses along bottom 23 b in surf zone 22, each line charge 50 is dragged along and pulled straight to space and emplace explosive charges 51 apart in their predetermined parallel separation in paths 60 a. Elongate sac 54 on each line charge 50 partially buoys at least part of the load of line charge 50 upward in surf zone 22 to reduce part of the entrained load created by each line charge 50, and the amount of force exerted by crawler assemblies 62.
When only surf zone 22 of approach lane 20 is to be cleared, line charges 50 in paths 60 a do not have to extend onto beach portion 25 and can be detonated entirely in surf zone 22. First instructions 46 control SYSDVs 40 to allow LCDVs 60 to reach a predetermined destination (e. g. shoreline 24) or depth in surf zone 22. At this predetermined destination, their interconnected reels 49 in SYSDVs 40 are locked to prevent further outward travel of LCDVs 60 that are connected to the opposite ends of line charges 50. Each of these locked-in-place line charges 50 are stretched tight and each interconnected SYSDV 40 and LCDV 60 serve as anchors to hold the stretched line charges 50 in place along paths 60 a.
Once line charges SO are appropriately stretched along paths 60 a, LCDVs 60 can be inactivated to allow line charges to remain in place. Line charges 50 emplaced in surf zone 22 can be detonated now or later to clear surf zone 22.
In response to a tactical situation, line charges 50 emplaced in surf zone 22 as described above can remain undetected for a prolonged period of time. Later, coiled portions of line charges 50 remaining on reels 49 in SYSDVs 40 can be utilized to enable extension of line charges 50 so that they can additionally reach across part of beach portion 25 of approach lane 20.
In accordance with a sequence preprogrammed in first instructions 46, the passage of time, or a remote acoustic signal 30 b, first instructions 46 can unlock SYSDVs 40 to release reels 49 to unwind more of line charges 50 that are still coiled on them. Second instructions 68 reactivate LCDVs 60 to pull line charges 50 to further extend in paths 60 a parallel with respect to one another across shoreline 24 and partially onto beach portion 25. Line charges 50 extend paths 60 a equally spaced apart from and parallel with each other throughout surf zone 22 and beach portion 25 of approach lane 20. Detonation of extended line charges 50 can be made in sequences or simultaneously via each firing device 54.
Line charges 50 also can be emplaced throughout surf zone 22 and part of beach portion 25 of approach lane in a single uninterrupted sequence. Emplacement of the entire lengths of line charges 50 need not have a period of time elapse while parts of line charges 50 are extended in surf zone 22. This uninterrupted, continuous sequence can include tightening of emplaced line charges 50 that extend from SYSDVs 40 at seaward base positions 80 at seaward edge 22 a to LCDVs 60 where they have progressed to inland positions 90 at the inland edge 25 a of approach lane 20.
First and second instructions 46 and 68 control emplacement of line charges 50 in parallel equally spaced apart distributions 60 a of explosive charges 51 of line charges 50 in surf zone 22 and beach portion 25. The separations between distributions 60 a and the spacing between explosive charges 51 assure the creation of an aggregate intense explosive effect to neutralize obstacles 26 and mines 28 (usually by destruction) within approach lane 20 and make approach lane 20 safe for transit of personnel, materials, and vehicles.
In these or other deployment sequences the locations and paths of SYSDVs 40 and LCDVs 60 can be different. The payloads of line charges 50 can be different to include one or more larger explosive charges or instrumentation packages to accomplish some other desired tactical result. Irrespective of the exact configuration of the constituents of system 10 of the invention, it is a covert and fully autonomous means of clearing obstacles and mines in approach lane 20 that is capable of being safely deployed from over-the-horizon and keeping personnel away from danger.
SYSDV 40 could use tracked crawler assemblies 42 in a crawler mode that allow SYSDV 40 to crawl on bottom 23 b of water 23 to deliver LCDVs 60 and line charges 50. SYSDV 40 could use propeller/fin arrangement 41 in the swimmer-delivery mode that propels SYSDV 40 through water 23 above bottom 23 b and through water 23 to deliver LCDVs 60 and line charges 50. Both delivery capabilities are schematically depicted for SYSDV 40 and could be used alone or in combination depending on what is found to be the most effective way to successfully complete the mission.
A swimmer-type vehicle could be used instead of a crawler type LCDV 60, but this might limit deployment of line charges 50 to only part of surf zone 22. The clock of GPS could be used to synchronize a passive acoustic LBL navigational system, such as described above to simplify the synchronization process.
Another option is to have all of the navigation components installed only on LCDVs 60 instead of on both LCDVs 60 and SYSDVs 40. The navigation data from such LCDVs 60 would be shared with SYSDVs 40 for use during transit of SYSDVs 40 from ship 30 to approach lane 20 through a temporary umbilical connected to LCDVs 60 in storage bays 48. Having all of the navigational components in LCDVs 60 reduces the overall system cost since all SYSDVs 40 and LCDVs 60 are destroyed at the time of detonation of their emplaced line charges 50.
Having the teachings of this invention in mind, modifications and alternate embodiments of autonomous system 10 may be adapted without departing from the scope of the invention. Its uncomplicated, compact design incorporates structures and technologies long proven to operate successfully in the hostile marine environment. Autonomous system 10 lends itself to numerous modifications to permit its reliable use in different ways for different purposes in hostile and demanding environments both on open water and over many different types of land mass, including but not limited to beaches, hard-pack, soft mud, marsh, tidal flats etc. Autonomous system 10 of the invention can be made larger or smaller in different shapes and fabricated from a wide variety of materials to assure resistance to corrosion, sufficient strength for heavy loads, and long-term reliable operation under a multitude of different operational requirements.
The disclosed components and their arrangements as disclosed herein, all contribute to the novel features of this invention. Autonomous system 10 provides a multipurpose and capable means of emplacing elongates line charges 50 to assure neutralization of obstacles and mines irrespective of ambient conditions and terrain. Therefore, autonomous system 10, as disclosed herein is not to be construed as limiting, but rather, is intended to be demonstrative of this inventive concept.
It should be readily understood that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible within the purview of the claimed invention. It is to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
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