Yeah, article is full of shit. It's just another evolution in The Game. You'll probably see subs get slightly smaller and more automated though, also probably

Yeah, article is full of shit. It's just another evolution in The Game. You'll probably see subs get slightly smaller and more automated though, also probably able to control larger formations of unmanned systems. We see this with stealth aircraft. You can hunt them from the comfort of your living room with <$1000 in equipment. They're not invisible, I have yet to see a picture of an empty parking space unironically labeled "stealth aircraft". They're optimized to prevent categorization (NCTR) and precision fire control (X band specifically) so actually prioritizing and engaging them is difficult, especially at range. So now we see them moving towards being drone motherships so they can stay at the ranges where their stealth is useful. Keeping that in mind, subs are also now packing much longer range weapons now and even if you can vaguely locate them with a variety of methods, you still need to go over there and kill the damn thing. We aren't seeing anyone investing in ballistic missile launched torpedos yet because these methods aren't necessarily able to provide a firing solution for such a weapon, just that "there's something weird in this square mile, maybe go investigate"