This Is What The Ultimate Submarine Could Look Like In 20 Years

It will be for naval architects to see how the new technologies, such as AI, automation and quantum computing, will affect the physical form of submarines. H I Sutton

Forbes: What The Ultimate Submarine Could Look Like In 20 Years

The U.S. Navy’s Virginia Class fast attack submarines are ruthlessly efficient war machines, the apex predators of the deep. Yet their general appearance and many aspects of their design have a direct lineage back to the 1950s. The same can be said of British and Russian subs. However, a range of new technologies could allow radically different submarines in the future.

The U.S. Navy wants its next submarine, the SSN(X), to be bigger and faster than the current Virginia Class boats. The Royal Navy’s SSN(R) and Chinese Navy’s Type-095 Class boats will likely follow generally similar thinking. So what are the trends and technologies which could revolutionize the next generation of submarine?

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WNU Editor: The US Navy wants everything in the "ultimate" submarine.