April 5, 2020
You've Never Seen Anything Like America's Block III Virginia-Class Submarines
They are testing brand new technologies for the first time.
by Kris Osborn
Key point: Groups of underwater drones will soon simultaneously use sonar and different sensors to identify and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships.
The Navy is now launching the most technologically advanced attack submarine it has ever developed by christening the USS South Dakota - a Block III Virginia-Class attack submarine engineered with a number of never-before-seen undersea technical innovations.
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While service officials say many of the details of this new "acoustic superiority" Navy research and development effort are, naturally, not available for pubic discussion, the USS South Dakota has been a "technology demonstrator to prove out advanced technologies," Naval Sea Systems Command Spokeswoman Colleen O'Rourke told Scout Warrior.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/youve-never-seen-anything-americas-block-iii-virginia-class-submarines-140217
