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Originally Posted by Jay
China has 2 Type 636, the other 2 are 877EKM. Seawolf is old, so Type 636 cannot be compared with them. USN's new attack submarine is Virginia class, and it is nuclear powered for a start. Remember Kilo's dont have AIP, so how ever quiet they may be, they dont have the endurance to stay submerged.
Again you have to really look in to the units they deploy during these exercises and the limitations of the exercises. They are trained for any eventuality, and they would never see/experience most of them. Surprises are always there, so I dont want to really go there. So MK-1's beating F-15 or F-16's may not work in favour of India, If India is to ever fight USAF as a whole.
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Seawolf is old!!??? What are you talking about!? Seawolf is the best technological boat out in the world. They stopped producing Seawwolf class submarines after the 3rd one because they were so damn expensive. Virginia class is the degraded version of Seawolf class which was pretty dump b/c looking at an overal cost benefit analysis, Seawolf comes out top every time in terms of operations, maintenance, and versalility.
I know that Seawolf is at most 8 years old but that does not change anything. Seawolf is still more capable than a brand new Virginia class submarine. I would not take on Seawolf in anything less than an Akula III submarine.