Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – During the Cold War, the Soviet Union chased exotic undersea performance with titanium-hulled submarines like the Alfa and Mike...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Union built revolutionary titanium-hulled submarines—like the Alfa-class—that were faster and could dive deeper than any American sub....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s decision to build steel submarines instead of titanium ones was a deliberate, warfighting-first choice, not a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The sinking of the K-278 Komsomolets in 1989 was a disaster rooted in the risks of an experimental design....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A deep dive is taken into the tragic, but often forgotten, 1989 sinking of the K-278 Komsomolets, a unique,...
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Key Points – The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets (Mike-class), the world’s first submarine with a full titanium hull allowing for exceptional depth and speed, tragically...