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Originally posted by Seahawk
Submarines are not relics of the Cold War, Pat. We are a maritime nation...the proliferation of relatively cheap, diesel subs is subject you might want to explore.
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I'm aware that more nations are buying these military toys; a very foolish expenditure of capital, but then these are the naval equivalent of privately owned cigarette boats.
So, just how would another nation successfully attack America with one of these subs? Answer, none will because there is no known method.
What will another nation do with these subs? Sink American warships sitting off their coasts deploying agents or intimidating their shipping lanes.
Our government is spending the same as the next 27 countries added together; other nations rightly perceive that as a deadly threat, and the threat has been made real by the Iraq attack, invasion, and partial conquest; and the saber rattling and more against Syria and Iran.
So, again, I state that the US Navy profoundly does not need this equipment.