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The smart people seem to agree that submarine will be the most important naval vessels in the next war. Submarine operations, including production, are extreme
by pyuser583 3y ago
The smart people seem to agree that submarine will be the most important naval vessels in the next war.
Submarine operations, including production, are extremely hush-hush.
Last I heard the US had two submarine fleets: the ones the Navy openly discusses, and the useful ones which are discussed in whispers.
I like to think the hush-hush subs are being built and deployed en masse.
- appplication 3y agoSurface drones like the ones used in Ukraine are also not to be underestimated. Russia is struggling to combat these effectively, and even the US navy doesn’t have any specific technological answer to them at present.
- _boffin_ 3y agoI believe they’re actively testing microwave on at least one ship.
- nradov 3y agoThe US Navy might have secret programs for some small underwater combat drones but there are no "hush-hush subs". A modern SSN/SSBN costs billions of dollars and takes thousands of workers years to build. There's just no way to keep them secret. Some of the internal systems and capabilities are secret but the number of hulls is public knowledge.
- maxglute 3y agoSubmarines also suffering delays, but current USN subs still have enough lead enough that SSNX isn't urgent as updating surface combatants as long as current sub fleet is replaced at relative parity. I don't think there's secret fleet, dry docks are easy to monitor. Maybe some XLUUVs, that can be built in an enclosed plant and shuttled around. I think more trying to figure out naval unmanned platforms, to see what future fleet composition will be, i.e. navy Force Design 2045 wants 370 manned ships, 150 unmanned, maybe better off with 300 manned and 200 unmanned.