Photo credit: Ryan Hanyok / U.S. Navy
Located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland, the US Navy Indoor Sea Simulator is basically a 12-million-gallon, football-field-size pool. Featuring 216 electronically-controlled wave boards, each with its own motor synced up to software, capable of recreating eight ocean conditions, whether it be calm or typhoon-like, across all seven seas.
What is it used for? For testing models of the billion-dollar warships before actually building them and also for sailors to see if they can launch missiles as well as land helicopters in particular circumstances. This allows them to control the pitch, roll, sway, heave, acceleration, displacement, and more, to see precisely how the vessels handle on a full tank versus fumes.
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