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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP24 Mar 2020 12:51 p.m. PST

… Best is Just Too Expensive

"Designed to address the threat of Soviet ballistic missile submarines, and to replace the aging Los Angeles-class of submarines, the Seawolf­-class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) has been described as the best of the best. A total of 29 boats were to be constructed over a 10-year period – a number that was then reduced to 12 – but only three were launched.

The reason: the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union…"
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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian24 Mar 2020 2:14 p.m. PST

Or no longer needed?

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Mar 2020 11:53 a.m. PST

(smile)

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Choctaw26 Mar 2020 2:35 p.m. PST

Though aging, are the Los Angeles class subs still the best in the world?

arealdeadone26 Mar 2020 3:46 p.m. PST

Or no longer needed?[/quoted]

Or not regarded as needed in 1990s but now essential given Chinese and Russian rearmament.

15mm and 28mm Fanatik26 Mar 2020 4:28 p.m. PST

Though aging, are the Los Angeles class subs still the best in the world?

The newer Virginia Class (SSN-774) subs are now considered to be the best, though improved 688's still form the backbone of the US Navy's fast-attack fleet since there are many more of them.

Ghostrunner31 Mar 2020 3:58 p.m. PST

They kind of lost me at the first sentence…

Seawolf was going to replace the Sturgeon (SSN-637) Class SSNs, which were starting to be retired in bigger numbers at the end of the 80s/early 90s. At the time, the Navy was hoping for a 1:1 replacement, then it was 1 Seawolf to replace 2 637s, then it went downhill from there.

No one had any plans to retire 688s at the time the Seawolf was being designed and built.

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