Alfa had equipment on shock absorbers. The issue was the requirements, the requirements (TTTs) were changed and resulted in Victor-II, you can really see it in the "рекомендации к проектированию подводной лодки в малошумном исполнении" (1971) and ВАХ-68->ВАХ-74 requirements for onboard equipment.
So the long term shift (and such studies as project 991 that resulted in Akulas) well predate the walker scandal.
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Last edited by ikalugin; 06-28-18 at 02:16 AM.
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