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And the US government thought the Russians had a multiplicative missile advantage in terms of ICBM's during the cold war. We know now that we had far more missiles at any time than they ever did. I don't put much stock in "old truths" from the Cold War.
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Yep and look how they got it wrong, now in the light of recent knowledge we know that the "Missile Gap" was a falacy.
Now orginally it was thought that the alfa's hull allowed it to dive deep. Then the director of central intelligence stated in 1983 that it didnt.
Next in 2003 after the cold war has died down and many things have been declassified we have a first hand report from a actual alfa captain saying his boat routinely went to 1000m.
I guess as more time goes on and more info is realeased many "hard facts" will be turned around.