U.S.N buys Ruskie sub

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

A rusty bucket from the 70's is a strategic asset 30 years later?

Well you might consider that the form of the hull could represent an asset.
Russians were very innovative with hull design, and by giving away the sub to the americans basically for free , the us navy maybe can learn some one or two tricks about designing efficient hydrodynamic hulls that could be used in future us subs.
Its the same thing about propellers, I don't see the us navy selling polaris submarine propellers 25 years give or take after retiring the subs from service.