Day: April 12, 2025

One thing you can depend on when analyzing the Russian navy is the success of its submarine force over the decades.  The Kremlin and admirals in the maritime branch have always made subs the mainstay of the nuclear triad. They have given the United States and its allies fits when it comes to counteracting the […]

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The U.S. Navy has built some fantastic submarines in the past 100 years. But one thing they haven’t built is a titanium-hulled sub. The Soviets did, with their Lira-class submarines, known by their NATO code-name Alfa. Their titanium hulls made Alfas strong and light. They could race along at 41 miles per hour under the […]

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