Soviet Russia VS the United States

[Stuart Mackey]

Uh huh, and you can read the minds of STAVKA, hmm? Thats not to say that you are nessarily wrong, but nor are you nessarily right. Who knows exactly what they would have done, and under what circumstances. Sure as hell they would not have been informing young Sea Skimmer of their plans.

I think those plans might have actually become public (WARPAC vs. NATO) after the fall of the Cold War.

The did, I have read the summeries of them in fact. But they are only some of the plans, and a probaly small selection at that.
I rather think that the Russians were not about to open their entire history of neferious NATO destroying plans to the eyes of the western media, do you?.

[Striderteen]

The Seawolf boats are unquestionably the most advanced and capable attack submarines in the world today. Unfortunately, they're also the most expensive attack submarines ever made, at roughly $2 billion apiece, and they have limited multirole capability. Hence, the new Virginia class, which will cost about two-thirds as much and be much more versatiles.

If anything, the entire Seawolf thing pisses me off because they WASTED SSN-21. Like jeez, they only got up to SSN-23. That sucks.

Well, the SSN-774 Virginia is supposed to be cheaper, I wonder if it actually will be- they may doody it up with so much new generation stuff (unmanned underwater vehicles, improved sensors etc etc) that the cost savings they get from making it slower, less heavily armed, and in general less capable in a pure attack role may simply be eliminated. And it will be just as quiet.

One of my college friends (he graduated last year) is currently working on the advanced non-surface-breaking periscope system for the Virginia. From what he's told me, it's going to be one very handy little gadget.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki]

On how it might work? Or is that all classified?