Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In a 2005 U.S. Navy war game, a Swedish Stirling AIP-powered Gotland-class submarine slipped past the screen and “sank” a U.S. aircraft carrier. Twenty-one...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2005, a Swedish Saab-built Gotland-class diesel-electric submarine slipped past an entire U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group during joint naval drills — undetected....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
During a massive 1999 NATO exercise, JTFEX/TMDI99, the Dutch submarine HNLMS Walrus penetrated an entire US Aircraft Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and delivered simulated...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Sweden’s Gotland-class submarines are among the quietest conventional boats afloat, using Stirling air-independent propulsion to stay submerged for weeks. -That...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Repeated naval war games have revealed an uncomfortable truth: quiet diesel-electric submarines can routinely “sink” billion-dollar aircraft carriers. -From...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – In 2005, Swedish AIP submarine HMS Gotland stunned the U.S. Navy by repeatedly “killing” carrier USS Ronald Reagan in exercises, exposing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Sweden’s A26 Blekinge-class is pitched as the world’s first “fifth-generation” conventional submarine, pairing ultra-low acoustic signatures with advanced ISR,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy Can’t Miss the AIP Submarine Advantage -Air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarines are reshaping undersea warfare. Sweden, Japan, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2005, Sweden’s AIP-equipped HSwMS Gotland penetrated a U.S. carrier strike group and logged simulated torpedo “kills” on USS...