10.
Seawolf Class Submarines- United States The Seawolf class submarines were the most
advanced submarines constructed during their time.
They are the world's most sophisticated and expensive hunter-killer submarines.
They reclaimed the United States Navy's previous technological advantage.
Between 1945 through the late 1980s, they dominated the seas over the Soviets for decades
until spying and deceptive commercial activities diminished it.
These submarines were the fastest ever created.
While most subs reach top speeds of 5 knots, the Seawolf class easily exceeds that range,
cruising at 28 miles an hour.
(25 knots).
They can dive to greater depths, diving 1600 feet (487m) below the ocean's surface.
They also have structural traits that allow them to function beneath the arctic ice cap.
Their weaponry system would make a potential US adversary reassess their stance, as defeating
the Seawolf class boat remains a pipe dream.
Designers equipped it with eight 660 millimeter torpedo tubes and the crew can launch sub-harpoon
anti-ship missiles from these tubes.
These terms sound complicated even to me, but to put it in layman's terms, this sub's
attack system can launch a missile with a range of 1,056 miles (1,700km).
I doubt any country would want to deal with the US Navy knowing how much strength they
boast.
The US Navy expected the Seawolf class to cost $33.6 billion in 1991, accounting for
25% of the total navy construction budget, making it the most expensive naval construction
program ever.
The US Navy was also planning an extra 17 warships.
Then, with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, American policymakers
questioned the necessity for more ultra-quiet subs.
The navy reduced the class to three subs at a total cost of $7.3 billion.
That works out to more than $2.4 billion per submarine.
The Seawolf Class gradually recovered the technological advantage that the US Navy had
over the Soviets from 1945 until the mid-1980s, when espionage and some of the US allies'
deceptive trading tactics weakened it.
General Dynamics Electric Boat Division built the new submarines to operate at greater depths
than existing submarines the United States had.
They also designed them to hunt down and destroy the most advanced Soviet ballistic missile
subs, such as the Typhoon class, as well as assault submarines like the Akula.
9.
Graney Class Submarines-Russia NATO gave this submarine the code name Project
885 Yasen, and it is the latest Russian nuclear submarine.
It is a more capable and technologically advanced alternative to the current Akula class subs.
These new submarines are a lot more expensive.
Designers laid out plans for the Severodvinsk, the lead boat, in 1993, but they halted the
project in 1996 because of budget issues.
The government provided extra funding for the project in 2003, and work on it proceeded.
In 2013, the Russian Navy received the lead boat.
They officially commissioned it in 2014.
The Graney class subs are larger than the Akula class subs that came before them.
These new Russian submarines pack serious assault machinery.
They can also attack other submarines and ships while searching for and destroying threatening
ballistic missile submarines.
Coastal targets, such as naval stations and ports, are also likely targets for these water
machines.
For various cruise missile missions, there are 24 vertical launch tubes in these subs.
There are also eight 650 millimeter torpedo tubes for anti-ship missiles.
According to reliable sources, Graney carries 30 torpedoes and anti-ship missiles.
The crew can replace torpedoes with mines.
They installed torpedo tubes behind the central station's chamber.
There are an additional two 533 millimeter torpedo tubes to boost its prowess.
Finally, there is a single pressurized water reactor on the Graney class submarine.
This reactor has a service life of roughly 25-30 years and does not require refueling.
Their food supplies are the only limit to these subs' endurance.
According to some reports, these Russian subs are substantially slower than the Virginia
and Seawolf class boats of the United States.
8.
Ohio-Class Ballistic Missile Submarines- United States
The Ohio class submarines, which were designed in the 1970s, are the largest submarines ever
built for the US Navy, with only the Russian Navy's Soviet-designed Typhoon class and Borei-class
being larger.
Despite their smaller size than the Russian subs, the Ohio class submarines carried twenty-four
Trident II missiles, compared to the Typhoon’s twenty and the original Borei's sixteen.
The Ohio class has been an important part of the United States' "nuclear-deterrent triad"
throughout their service.
Currently, half of the nation's active strategic thermonuclear weapons are carried by fourteen
operational submarines.
Between 1981 and 1997, General Dynamics Electric Boat Division in Groton, Connecticut, built
eighteen Ohio class subs.
The navy has currently stationed the Pacific Fleet submarines at Bangor, Washington, while
they stationed the Atlantic Fleet submarines in King's Bay, Georgia.
The submarines spend about seventy days at sea during deployment, followed by twenty-five
days in the dock for maintenance.
Each of the Ohio class submarines spends at least 66% of its time at sea.
General Dynamics built the submarines with three huge logistics hatches, which provide
enough supply and repair openings, thus saving time at the port when the personnel are undertaking
turnover and replenishment.
The hatches enable the sailors to move supply pallets, equipment replacement modules, and
other mechanical components swiftly.
They also designed the subs to last for at least fifteen years between overhauls.
7.
Astute Class Submarines- United Kingdom The Astute class submarines are the Royal
Navy's largest, most modern, and most powerful attack submarines, integrating world-class
sensors, design, and weapons in a multipurpose submarine.
These subs showed their capacity to assemble and launch Tomahawk missiles in the first
half of 2012, successfully firing two missiles from the Gulf of Mexico and hitting targets
on a test range in Northern Florida.
A pressurized water reactor designed by Rolls-Royce powers the Astute, eliminating the need for
refueling.
The nuclear reactor aboard the submarine only needs one refit throughout its service life,
rather than the usual two.
The sub has limitless endurance and can provide crew members with an unlimited air and water
supply.
The number of provisions carried for the crew normally lasts up to 90 days.
Designers fitted six torpedo tubes, capable of shooting Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes
on these subs.
For land-attack missions, it also launches Raytheon Tomahawk cruise missiles.
It has enough room to store up to 38 weapons.
6.
Virginia Class Submarines- United States Virginia Class subs are astonishingly scary
to its rivals.
What makes this submarine so dangerous to countries like Russia and China?
Following the continued modifications, the US Navy's Block V Virginia class attack submarines
will become more lethal and powerful.
The Block V variant is bigger and has more weapons than the Virginia class modifications
before it.
This means they're virtually as big as ballistic missile submarines of the Ohio class.
Longer means more missile tubes and a whopping 76% increase in missile slots.
These upgrades could be the most powerful submarine ever in the US fleet.
These submarines can fire advanced heavyweight guided torpedoes and can lay Hammerhead mines.
They can launch Tomahawk Block V land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles, which are the
most recent version of the Tomahawk, and can adjust course and make new target corrections
while in flight.
Virginia class subs perform a variety of blue sea and coastal shore missions, including
eavesdropping for intelligence and deploying Navy SEAL troops.
With their superior handling system, these subs perform well close to shore.
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5.
Sierra II Class Submarines- Russia The Sierra class nuclear fast-attack submarines
were among the most lethal submarines ever built.
The Sierras, as a successor to the more numerous Victors and the many Akulas, which still form
the backbone of the Russian submarine fleet, heavily outnumbered the faster Alfas.
These submarines promised to be more capable, longer-lasting, and more lethal than the Soviet
undersea fleet's second-generation Victors, Charlies, and Alfas in the 1980s.
The Sierra possessed the makings of the ultimate Soviet attack sub, diving faster and deeper
than the Victors and Charlies, with higher endurance and superior weaponry than the Alfas.
Those interested in Soviet attack submarines are probably the only ones who remember them
today.
The Sierra has faded into oblivion for a variety of reasons, whereas the Akulas are well known
and constantly in the headlines.
The first is that they were extremely difficult to construct.
Even more so than the high-performance Alfas, the entire titanium hull caused extensive
labor and money.
They built only four, two each of the Sierra I and II classes, because of the prohibitive
cost.
The second is that, despite their superior abilities, the Akulas could complete the same
task at a substantially lower operational cost.
The third and final cause for their disappearance was the Soviet Union's economic stagnation
and impending demise.
They remain among the most lethal subs ever created.
4.
Soryu Class Submarines- Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Shipbuilding
Corporation constructed the diesel-electric submarines named Soryu class, for the Japan
Maritime Self-Defense Force.
It's an upgraded version of the Oyashio submarine.
The Japanese Navy named the Soryu after a World War II aircraft.
It was one carrier involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In March 2005, designers laid out the keel for the first submarine in the class, Soryu
SS-501.
The navy commissioned it in March 2009 after being launched in December 2007.
They launched the second submarine, SS-502, in October 2008 and commissioned it in March
2010.
They laid it out in March 2006, launched it in October 2008, and commissioned it in March
2010.
The hydrodynamic design of the Soryu is based on the Oyashio class submarine.
It has the largest displacement of any submarine class in the Japanese navy.
They built the hull using high-tensile steel and coated it with a special coating to decrease
acoustic wave reflection.
The sub has control planes that are computer-assisted.
They incorporated highly automated systems into their design.
They also installed Stirling engines to improve propulsion performance and underwater endurance.
The engine supports superior submerged activities.
Surveillance capabilities are improved because of the onboard high-performance sonar.
The sub also has upgraded safety features such as snorkeling equipment and stealth capabilities.
3.
Akula Class Submarines- Russia Although the Soviet Union created hot-rod
submarines that could travel faster, take more damage, and dive deeper than their American
equivalents, the United States Navy was certain that it had the Soviet submarines outmatched
since they were all extremely loud.
The quieter American submarines had a better chance of discovering their Soviet counterparts
first and meeting them with a homing torpedo if the superpowers clashed.
The Soviet Navy's Akula class nuclear-powered assault submarines shattered that faith in
the mid-1980s.
They are still the mainstay of Russia's nuclear attack submarine fleet thirty years later
and are quieter than most of their American equivalents.
The huge Akula, which displaced about 13,000 tons underwater, had a double steel hull,
which was typical of Soviet submarines and allowed the vessel to take in more ballast
water and withstand greater damage.
They wrapped the motor unit of the attack submarine to reduce noise, and special tiles
covered its outside and inner surfaces.
Even the limber holes in the Akula's outer hull that allowed water to pass through had
retractable covers to reduce sonic returns.
The beautiful, aqua dynamic conning tower and the teardrop-shaped pod atop the tail
fin, which could deploy a towed passive sonar array, set the vessel apart.
A crew of roughly seventy can operate the sub for a hundred days at sea.
The high acoustic stealth properties of Akula will continue to make it a formidable anti-submarine
warfare vessel.
2.
Improved Los Angeles Class- United States The Los Angeles class has formed the backbone
of the US Navy's attack submarine fleet since its inception in the mid-1970s.
The navy had the submarines built to escort carrier task groups and needed to travel at
high speeds underwater to keep up with surface forces.
The subs are among the world's most modern sub-sea watercraft of their kind.
Though anti-submarine warfare remains its primary role, its natural qualities of stealth,
mobility, and endurance can also be exploited to meet the difficulties of today's shifting
global geopolitical context.
They can also use the subs for various secondary duties, including intelligence gathering,
show-of-force missions, special forces insertion, strike missions, mining, and search and rescue.
Each ship is roughly 362 feet (110m) long and weighs around 2,000 tons, which is significantly
heavier than the previous Sturgeon class.
Designers separated the submarines into two separate compartments that are both waterproof.
The forward compartment houses all the ship's living arrangements and control spaces, while
the aft compartment houses most of the ship's engineering systems.
Thirteen officers and 131 sailors make up the crew of this sub.
It is estimated that each submarine cost around $900 million in 1990 dollars, which is almost
$1.7 billion today.
1.
Oscar II Class Submarine- Russia The Russian Navy primarily intended the Oscar
II class of cruise missile submarines to strike NATO aircraft carriers and battle groups.
In the early 1990s, the Russian Navy attempted to preserve its core submarine force capabilities
to deal with resource challenges.
The Russian Navy has continued to build new subs.
It completed four third-generation Oscar II submarines in the late 1990s.
Between 1985 and 1999, they built 11 bigger Oscar II submarines.
They have decommissioned three of the ships, and one of them, the Kursk, has permanently
sunk.
The Northern Fleet has two Oscar II submarines, while the Pacific Fleet has five.
These submarines measure 508 feet (155m) in length, dive 1,968 feet (600m) in depth and
have a displacement of 24,000 tons.
Each sub can accommodate 107 crew members.
The submarine is an improved version of Project 949, with one more compartment enhancing the
interior organization of the weapons and equipment.
It delivers missile strikes on groups of ships and coastal installations.
The Oscar II is a ten-compartment ship with a double-hulled design.
The reinforced spherical cover of the sail pierces the ice of the Arctic ice cap.
Within the retractable area of the ship are two periscopes, a radio-sextant, and radar
masts.
The submarine also has cruise missiles with a range of 342 miles (550km).
The missile is 34 feet (10.5m) long and weighs 6.9 tons, carrying a 2,205 pound (1,000kg)
warhead.
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