Posted on Sep 1, 2017
Russia's Alfa Class Submarine Could Out Run and Out Dive Anything (But Had a Fatal Flaw)
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Russia's Alfa Class Submarine Could Out Run and Out Dive Anything (But Had a Fatal Flaw)
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Their weakness was much more than just the cost to maintain them, there is a reason they go the nickname "Screaming Alfas" in the acoustic community. They could go fast and deep though. Can you imagine a cooling pump that circulates molten lead? Then imagine what it sounded like when it cavitated.
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A properly placed air-dropped torpedo, or an array of torpedoes/depth charges, could catch an Alfa.
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The Soviets had a lot of cool stuff, but in the end, did it matter for them?
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