real life question about the Virginias and Seawolfs

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Henson

No, Virginia is expensive as hell.

You want the truth? Seawolf class submarines (BSY-2) are updating to Virginia (BYG-1/BQQ-10 ARCI TI-04) fire control and sonar processing. Figure it out.

To build a Seawolf is 3 times the cost of a Virginia (The very reason it was cancelled in favor of building the cheaper Virginia), so figure it out. :p Never quite understood how the Seawolf project was cancelled due to cost before building the first boat, yet the Navy still produced 3 boats that aren't supposed to be funded for.

Doesn't surprise me that the Navy is updating its best boat to the latest Sonar though. Sonar has probably advanced significantly in the last 10 years. Seawolf is modular and this shows that, but Virginia has it beat in that area.

-S