"How the Soviet Navy Would Have Fought World War III" Topic

"Over the course of the Cold War, the balance of forces between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Soviet Union changed dramatically. At different points, a war would have played out in far different ways in the major theaters, including Central Europe, the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Far East and even in space.

For the most part, changes to each side's forces came slowly, with only a few significant shifts due to technological advances.

Thus, it is worthwhile to investigate how the war would have been fought in different theaters and how the strategies by the United States and the Soviet Union would have affected the evolution of advantage…."
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mostly from underwater?

(smile)

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Armand

Saber6,

My first thought as well.

The big US response to this was the Seawolf class. The Seawolves are fast enough to chase down carrier groups, and pack enough weapons in the torpedo room to kill an entire carrier group.

And the Seawolves are scary-quiet. Not quite as good as an Ohio, I don't think, but close. Listen for where the noise in the ocean isn't.

Wargamed as the Soviet navy in several scenarios, the most successful was forcing NATO to heavily commit to the Mediterranean as the Black Sea Fleet forced the Bosphoros aided by Warpac airborne forces…..actions in the Baltic and North Atlantic were brief and predictable…surface incursions were stopped and the submarine forces tried to intercept the reinforcement convoys from the USA whilst dodging carrier groups.

Interesting points….

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Armand