submarines
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How The US Navy Is Making Its Virginia-Class Subs Even More Deadly
The US Navy’s fleet of heavily-armed SSGN subs will run through their nuclear fuel supplies by 2026. At that point, they must be replaced at a cost of $US8 billion apiece. Problem is, $US8 billion is roughly half of the Navy’s annual ship production budget. So what’s the Navy to do?
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8 Gadgets To Transform Yourself Into A Pirate
YAAAAAAAR, YESTERDAY BE TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY, YE OLDE, FESTERING WENCH! AS SUCH, I WILL SHOUT ALL ME RANTINGS AND YOU’LL LIKE IT. IF THOU EVER HOPES TO GET SOME SEA LEGS, YOU’D BEST HEED THIS LIST.
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Sneaky Subs Are Going Wakeless Thanks To Underwater Cloaking
If The Hunt for Red October taught us anything (besides the fact that Sean Connery makes for a horrible Russian) it’s that submarines can be tracked by the sounds they make moving through the water. Well, not for much longer.
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Digging A Submarine Out Of The Frozen Sea Looks Tough
The researchers at the frosty Applied Physics Lab Ice Station (COOL JOB NAME ALERT) already have it hard enough. Freezing temperatures, peeing into wooden boxes, guarding against polar bears, and the like. Also taxing? Chainsawing submarines out of the snow.