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| 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) |
| 2023-07-25 |
| [19FortyFive] SSK acquisitions would promise not just capable and affordable platforms but a diplomatic boon. Indivisible alliances stand the best chance of weathering peacetime strategic competition as well as hot war. |
| Posted by:NoMoreBS |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 Minefieldâ„¢ 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 |