"The U.S. Navy's Seawolf Class Submarine: When the" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Mar 2020 11:51 a.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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| Tango01 | 25 Mar 2020 10:53 a.m. PST |
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| Choctaw | 26 Mar 2020 1:35 p.m. PST |
Though aging, are the Los Angeles class subs still the best in the world? |
| arealdeadone | 26 Mar 2020 2:46 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 Fanatik | 26 Mar 2020 3:28 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. |
| Ghostrunner | 31 Mar 2020 2:58 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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