The Soviet-era Alfa-class submarine was a groundbreaking, high-performance vessel that demonstrated Russian submarine ...
Titanium is stronger, lighter, and more resistant to corrosion than steel. However, no Navy builds its submarines using the ...
Why the U.S. Navy Rejected Titanium Submarines in the Cold War The Soviet Union once thought it had an edge over the United States in undersea warfare during the height of the Cold War. The ...
What You Need to Know: The Soviet Alfa-class submarine, featured in Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, was a technological marvel during the Cold War.With a titanium hull, it could dive deeper ...
On Wednesday, Vescovo traveled to the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench - 27,480 feet below the surface (8,376 meters) - in a $48 million titanium Triton 36000 submarine. "It felt great to get to ...
However, there's something puzzling about how they're constructed: None of the Navy's submarine hulls are built with titanium. Titanium is stronger, more corrosive resistant, lighter, and better ...