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(the assumed) capablites of the Alfa.
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Just a little interesting sidenote. It seems those assumtions where not that far off after all. I just read Rising Tide, where a former Alfa skipper talks about diving the boat to 3000ft. |
Didn't the alfa have a hull of pure titanium ?
A very fine and costly piece of soviet engineering.
Why do american subs have to be so conservative. All the maverick designs came from the east. :p |
And why did the Russians never put their titanium hulled submarine into full fledge production ? instead their backbone attack SSN were the Victors and now the Akula(Bars) class which is steeled hulled. I guess that tells us something....something prevented the Russians from putting its titanium hulled sub into full production imo.
The alfa I think I read it somewhere once went past right into a middle of NATO fleet exercise in high speed and deep depth. It was diving so deep that no weapon could touch it. It was very loud though so everyone could hear it. That was the event that sparked the development of the ADCAP I think. But I believe everyone here knows this story.