The U.S. Navy Is Taking 'Top Gun' to Sea with Submarines
Waterway to the danger zone.
By Kyle Mizokami
Nov 8, 2018
The Navy is taking a page out of its own “Top Gun†book, but this time for submarines instead of F-14s. The service is creating a unit designed to teach submariners how to fight their Russian and Chinese counterparts. The “aggressor squadron†is part of the Navy’s push to prepare for—and, with any luck, avoid—a major war with another major power.
USNI News reports that the new commander of the U.S. Navy’s Naval Submarine Forces, Vice Admiral Charles Richard, is standing up the new unit as part of a training overhaul for attack submarine commanders and crews. Admiral Richard wants to focus the submarine fleet away from the diversified missions of the post-9/11 period—which often included intelligence-gathering and other anti-terrorism missions—and back on the ability to fight other navies.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a24850674/top-gun-submarines-us-navy/
