New Virginia SSNs

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by Linton

Geetrue,I think an ekranoplan would have been a better bet than a seaplane.

What was that? Is a ekranoplan like the Russian sea dragon that got 10' off the water?

I also thought of perhaps an LSD with two little nasty stingray diiesel submarines wandering the oceans of the world, ready to release their precious cargo in time of conflict.

Originally Posted by fatty

It's difficult for us to imagine how to make these things cheaper. There aren't many details available about what kind of gadgets go into building modern submarines, so it's hard to say "oh, xyz system is kind of superfluous, let's nix that and save $10 million." .

What about smaller submarines with half the crew and change crews like the FBM submarines use to do and still do that is.

This is where we could have more superority than the Russians ... in the men themselves, although I have never met a Russian salior ... I would like to someday.