The Navy Now Has a TOPGUN for Submariners
Here's how this aggressor squadron mimics the tactics of enemy subs.
By Kyle Mizokami
Jul 15, 2021
The U.S. Navy now has a naval squadron that imitates enemy submarines in simulated combat.
The unit is part of a wider trend in the U.S. military of training to fight realistic enemies.
The squadron, AGGRON, is similar to the “aggressor” squadrons that train fighter pilots.
The U.S. Navy is now operating a special unit of submariners designed to train their colleagues in undersea warfare.
The Aggressor Squadron (AGGRON) takes the latest information on how potential submarine adversaries like Russia and China fight, and uses that intel in exercises against American subs. The result is a force that already knows how the enemy thinks, giving it a vital edge in the underwater battlefield.
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