‘Cheap’ $100,000,000 Submarine Sank $4,500,000,000 US Navy Aircraft Carrier ‘Multiple Times’

‘Cheap’ $100,000,000 Submarine Sank $4,500,000,000 US Navy Aircraft Carrier ‘Multiple Times’

Key Points – Two decades ago, a tiny Swedish Gotland-class submarine “sunk” the USS Ronald Reagan multiple times in exercises, exposing critical vulnerabilities of U.S. Navy carriers. -Using air-independent propulsion (AIP), diesel-electric subs like the Gotland-class—and China’s Yuan-class—can quietly stalk and threaten even advanced U.S. carriers. -With China operating 20 Yuan-class subs equipped with heavy […] The post ‘Cheap’ $100,000,000 Su…