U.S. Submarines Still Dominate The World's Oceans

Dave Majumdar, National Interest: This Is How the U.S. Navy's Submarine Force Dominates the World's Oceans

Though Russia continues to develop and build newer and ever more capable nuclear attack submarines such as the Project 885M Yasen-class, the U.S. Navy continues to maintain its technological edge by incrementally improving its Virginia-class attack boats.

“I think we have a very focused program called the acoustic superiority program to make sure that we in fact keep our technological lead—our acoustical advantage—and that's a focus of every one of our developmental programs,” Capt. Mike Stevens, Naval Sea Systems Command’s Virginia-class program manager told me at the Navy League’s Sea, Air and Space symposium on May 17. “It doesn't do any good to build submarines that aren’t up to par, so it’s a main part of our focus to make sure those submarine do maintain their acoustical advantage—not just today but 10, 20 years out.”

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WNU Editor: This dominance is not being challenged from China .... China’s Nuclear Subs Are Ready to Terrorize the Sea (David Axe, Daily Beast), and from Russia .... Russia's submarine program: How big a threat? (Michael Kofman, CNN).