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Cold War U.S. Navy analysts, watching the Soviets build something extraordinary at the Sudomekh shipyard in Leningrad through the 1960s and 1970s, reached a...
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Cold War U.S. Navy analysts, watching the Soviets build something extraordinary at the Sudomekh shipyard in Leningrad through the 1960s and 1970s, reached a...
I have been studying Russian submarines since I was just a little kid, and I even toured a diesel Foxtrot-class boat around twenty years...
British defense researcher Jack Buckby examines the chilling deep-sea legacy of the Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets. Sunken in the Norwegian Sea since 1989, the...
The Soviet K-222 (Papa-class) remains a legendary anomaly in naval history: the fastest nuclear submarine ever built. While modern 2026 submarine doctrine prioritizes near-silent...
Synopsis: While Russia’s surface fleet often lags behind, its submarine force has a history of “cutting-edge” innovation, exemplified by the Soviet Union’s use of...
Key Points and Summary – The US Navy has taken a pragmatic approach to titanium, using it sparingly in high-stress components rather than building...
The U.S. Navy has built some fantastic submarines in the past 100 years. But one thing they haven’t built is a titanium-hulled sub. The...
Summary and Key Points: Titanium’s remarkable strength, corrosion resistance, and light weight make it theoretically ideal for submarine construction. -Yet the U.S. Navy has...