Well, this high-tech pontoon actually was...sort of. The oblique Navy "Sea Shadow" inspired the stealth ship piloted by the evil Steve Jobs lookalike Elliot Carver from 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies.
The Soviet Union's network of reconnaissance satellites could expose the positions of the US Navy's surface fleet. Drawing inspiration from the Nighthawk, the Sea Shadow incorporated sharp angles and ...
This effort resulted in Lockheed Martin's experimental stealth ship, a razor-like surface vessel called the Sea Shadow. First acquired by the US Navy in 1985, the Sea Shadow remained secret until ...
The US Navy ... Stealth submarine to surface ship Ben Rich, then the director of Lockheed's Skunk Works, decided to apply the F-117's stealthy coatings and angular shaping to a submarine. Rich and his ...