Russia is modernizing the Navy too, with heavy emphasis on a new class of noiseless nuclear submarines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_torpedo
VanHerck was referring to the "Yasen" class submarine, which possesses super-quiet capabilities and a new missile launch system.
First, the submarine has not been built that is so quiet advanced sonar technology cannot hear it.
The construction of such a submarine is a major advancement for the Russian Navy, which mostly still uses Cold War-era platforms. Moscow has at least two Yasen submarines, with more on the way.
Second, it is cheaper for the U.S. to build and launch a thousand unmanned acoustic torpedoes than it is for China or Russia to built one unmanned submarine.
The developmental unmanned underwater vehicle, or UUV, when deployed, will be equipped with megaton-class warheads capable of blowing up key ports used by U.S. nuclear missile submarines, such as Kings Bay, Ga., and Puget Sound in Washington state.
". . . an unmanned sub that will have a high-speed and long-distance capability," said one official, who noted that the drone development is years away from a prototype and testing.
NOTE: Never believe the experts when they say a weapon “. . . is years away . . .”.
Finally, American Communists (DEMOCRATS) telling their pals in China and Russia everything about our technology sink nations. In short: China Joe Biden and his entire administration is a greater danger to this country than all of the foreign navies combined.
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