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2023-07-25 -Land of the Free

Article by Dr. James Holmes (J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College) compelling brief on behalf of acquiring conventionally powered attack submarines (SSKs)

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 No. The US has two great oceans and nuclear powered submarines have the "legs" to self deploy from one to another efficiently. The "diesel electric" submarine is basically a Self-Deploying Minefield™ and is best used for Coastal Defense -- if the US only had the Caribbean and Atlantic seaboards to defend they would be a good option. Finally, buying foreign built vessels to make foreign shipyards happy (and their politicians happier) seems a remarkably silly justification.

Posted by magpie 2023-07-25 00:10|| 2023-07-25 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Actually, we're going to get our SSKs - in a manner of speaking. The USN is evaluating several unmanned drone subs and is likely to have them within service in the next year or so.

I can't fault Dr. Holmes' reasoning, but he also seems to have not noticed the military manpower shortage we're going through right now.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-07-25 06:18|| 2023-07-25 06:18|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Agree #2. By having a longer range drone to deploy them the US could employ one of the most cost-effective naval weapons ever developed -- the naval mine.

Posted by magpie 2023-07-25 08:57|| 2023-07-25 08:57|| Front Page Top

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