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Originally Posted by Black_Dingo
2. Whats the current consensus/development on these weapons in NATO or USN? (any truth in rumors about Sealance coming back, or some advanced SUBROC design?)
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They're not likely to be useful in future conflicts. Everyone is planning on a fight in "littoral" seas, which makes long range detections unlikely. Those sorts of stand-off weapons were intended to take advantage of convergence zone detections which you just won't get in shallow waters.
I doubt the Sealance will come back. There's not really any need for it. It turned into the VLA. The SUBROC was a tactical nuclear weapon, and it's unlikely those will come back either.