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Originally Posted by ikalugin
It is no brainer really - hard kill counter torps, unmaned vehicles, distributed super large aperture sonar, new powerplant, retun to the alfa class sized crews due to automation.
Then there are optional things such as composite hull.
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What do you mean by "hard kill" ?
Some more info about the VPM:
http://news.usni.org/2013/11/04/navy...design-concept
http://news.usni.org/2015/04/22/hasc...v-attack-boats
I wonder what the downsides are to stretching the Virginia class another 70 feet? Would it degrade performance? Trying to get too much from a single platform?