Is The Navy Missing The Boat On The Stealthy Ghost Warship? -- Thom Patterson, CNN
(CNN) -- Gregory Sancoff thinks he knows what the Navy needs, even before U.S. war planners do.
The Navy, he says, needs Ghost.
Sancoff is CEO of Juliet Marine Systems — maker of a futuristic-looking, 21st-century warship that he says can protect large Navy ships from attacks by small boats.
Simply put, Ghost looks a lot like an F-117 "stealth" attack jet — on skis.
A year after unveiling Ghost and pricing it at $10 million per boat, the Navy has unofficially expressed interest, Sancoff said, but nothing more.
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My Comment: A remarkable boat .... and even I see the need for it. But .... it is also a warship that was designed without any Pentagon planning or permission ... which means the Pentagon is probably not going to buy it. The owner and promoter Gregory Sancoff should instead market this ship overseas .... it would not surprise me if he gets customers.
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