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@M VB I normally don't correct peoples grammar, but considering that the rest of your comment is profoundly stupid it only makes sense to point out that it's spelled "Disgusting".
Here’s one other point CNBC forgot to mention about Diesel/Electric subs. It’s not just a matter of their range and time on station issues they don’t have the speed to chase down most surface combatants or a carrier battle group. Moreover, the faster they (D/E subs) attempt to go the easier they are to detect. Nor do they have same space available for bigger and better sensor packages that nuclear submarines have.
Keep in mind, the US Navy leased that same Gotland class submarine for over a year, constantly running war games with it. They learned everything there is to learn about diesel electric subs, how to track them, hunt them down, and destroy them. The US Navy is well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of every class of submarine on the planet. If they felt they needed a diesel electric submarine, trust me, they would have some.
@@hkamensky2 You might be surprised but I DID join the service. It doesn't matter in this context, not even if I had been a Commander. Facts matter and you're missing the point.
Yeah buying a new one can mean another Cross-Straight Crisis. Plus, I don't think the rest of the world would approve unless some kind of war break out in Japan or Korea.
I just toured the USS Albacore and that was so cool. It was a test vessel where they constantly were testing new tech and new ideas on a sub. And they have some cool stories from the crew like almost getting stuck, lights going black in the middle of a speed Run.
@@brycemower9807 Get in a tour. Our family did. Glas we have the Virginia Class already but they need ti built quicker and more efficiently. Hurry GD EB/Huntington Ingles. Work a 3rd shift and weekends and holidays too.
Ehh thats not nearly as bad as the end of the intermediate ballistic missile treaty. Even with nuclear drone torpedoes the calculus of mutually assured destruction is mostly the same. And there is little risk for a non attack to be mistaken for an attack. The end of the intermediate ballistic missile treaty vastly raises the odds that a non nuclear attack will be accidentally be considered a real one or that someone will get it in their heads that a nuclear war could actually be won.
@@peterisawesomeplease Not exactly in the cold war russia had an incident where due to programing error it showed 9999 missile were heading towards them and the computer was telling to retaliate it was the decision of the commanding officer common sense that we avoided a nuclear war. Another incident in US in which they saw 1 missile heading towards them and it was the decision of the commanding officer common sense that we avoided another nuclear war. Machines are all good and is necessary but people should be in charge of the button and they should be present in location where they can do a manual abort what russia is doing is dangerous.
@@anandisrocking007 Oh I agree that humans should be in a loop. The problem is intermediate range missiles which used to be banned encourage removing the person unlike long range ones.
i have a question: with new extensive underwater worldwide survey going on, where we will have unprecedented access of undersea terrain, will the role of submarine as a stealth weapon decrease?
US Navy's submarine fleet is THE crucial part of the service and the only part of the service that shouldn't spare any cost for an R&D or the number of deployed vessels. If the cost of the fleet becomes unsustainable, the Navy has to cut else where cause the subs are too valuable to endure cutbacks, weather in development of the next generation of vessels or in a total number of deployed subs. And when I say Navy should cut anywhere else, I mean just that. Even the Congress law mandated 11 aircraft carriers should be on the table. Although our aircraft carriers are the pinnacle of US power projection and have been for the last 70 years, they won't be as important as submarines in the unthinkable case of a major war against a near peer power. Our submarine technology is second to none. Although some of the overmatch we had over our adversaries has eroded when we were bogged down in a counterinsurgency warfare in Afghanistan and Iraq, and our enemies had time to catch up, submarine tech has stayed on the cutting edge of capability, stealth, sensors and other classified technology that is installed in them.. We are in the process of building the new Columbia class nuclear ballistic missile submarines to replace the Ohio class but we're also in the opening stages of developing a next gen SSG(N), better known as the Virginia class submarine replacement, which will be more akin to the Seawolf class of the late Cold War than to Virginia class. Virginias are incredibly capable subs but they were mostly developed for the littoral water warfare, spying and executing land attack missions with their Tomahawk missiles. SSN(X) will be more of the deep diving hunter killers capable of destroying the best that the Russians or Chinese can throw at us. Times are changing and once again we have to stay vigilant, together with our friends and allies, against the adversaries that won't have any moral doubts in exploiting our weakness or a perceived lack of vigilance. Submarines are best for that task. Especially US submarines that are superior to anything sailing in the depths of the world's oceans.
depends on the political situation but Philippines can be a problem as the Philippines is basically a rope being pulled by both china and usa so sending subs there can be disastrous if there's a political disagreement or sabotage
That’s fine, but misses the point. The US wants to operate surface ships near China, where they’re at risk from Chinese subs. More US subs in the area would be of only limited help.
@@mebsrea The odds are against a sub vs a surface ship head to head. One ping and they know where that sub is . Ships also have homing torpedoes. You can abandon a surface ship you can't from a submarine.
The US submarine force is simply terrifying. And I say this as an American; I can only imagine what people in nations that are hostile to America must think. There is no way the US Navy will neglect their subs.
@@MatejKebe wtf? The Navy is cutting back on the subs since a lot of technological advancements have been made since the Los Angeles class and we now have subs that can do more advanced missions. The number of Virgina class subs to the number of Los Angeles class is going to be hugely different
@@DarkPesco if that was the case then should we have allowed Germany and Japan to take over the world? Should we have let the Russians take over Europe?
Americans: Can we have affordable healthcare ? Government: Sorry, healthcare machine broke. Best I can give you are those shiny tubes of death that go underwater Americans: Please, we are dyin... Military: Haha, torpedoes go vziouuum
This would be true for other countries where the military has power and control over the country. But in the US, it is the politicians that responsible for this. US could spend significantly less and focus on protecting the North America. But they don't because the privately controlled military industry made up of manufacturers and suppliers spread out in every state of the US; likes wars so they can sell more.
Do you not understand the point of nuclear submarines? they are deterrent from getting nuked because if another country were to obliterate the U.S, these subs could still retaliate, making sure mutually assured destruction still takes place. I'm fine with tax dollars going towards these if they prevent us from getting nuked, no?
The government don’t care about us, that’s why I advice people to invest in crypto,2020 stock market is just very difficult and unbelievable, I rather invest my money into crypto.
@@georgewilson1104 After a successful investment you have nothing to worry about whether the rise and fall of economy won’t affect you make your future brighter by making good investments.
US Navy must consider to invest in:- (1) Diesel electric Attack Submarines (SSKs) (2) Diesel electric Aircraft Carriers (CVV) (3) Minesweepers (4) Nuclear Cruisers with Electromagnetic Rail Guns & DEWs. Its easier to mass manufacture SSKs & CVVs during a conflict in comparison to Nuclear Ships. Nuclear Cruisers/Destroyers, CVNs, SSBNs & SSNs will allow US-Navy to have almost unlimited range with the only Limitation being food supplies for crew.
Submarines are cheap when you look at the number of missions they can perform. Every government weapons program cost more than the last due to inflation.
I see a bigger problem for the USA and that is parts . There are way too many systems in our ships, submarines, and aircraft that come from overseas vendors. Look at what has happened to car companies waiting for chips from another country. What a way to defend a country! I saw it many times during a 43 year career in the defense department and every time I raised this issue, it was brushed aside. I was on a ship in 1978 that had system that was controlled by Navair regulations and I could not work on the equipment because I had not been to school. If the ship had this system installed it could land and launch helicopters as long as the system was working. If the system went down, no helicopter landing or launching. Navair sent a factory trained mechanic to fix it. When, after three different port visits and the mechanic working on it in each port could not fix it, I asked to look at it. In a few hours I had it working perfectly. Regulations are put into place to help us, but sometimes they tie our hands. This is a weak point that needs to be addressed. Competition between different branches can do a lot of harm.
I totally agree and I believe that the US should open more chip production factories in the US under national budget. In 20 years when our jobs are replaced by the artificial intelligence that eats chips, we need those chip productions to stay safe to keep the AI running, so our GDP can stay in the way it is.
After the first couple of Columbia class SSBNs are in active service and related design revisions have been identified for follow-on production, the production rate should be ramped up and SSGN variants should be added.
Sustaining a world-class military is insanely expensive, surprisingly. Especially when the house of cards is held up by private businesses who can afford to overcharge the military on absolutely everything because there are so few competitors in the industry.
Ok, hulls are at the end of their life , reactors are running out of useable fuel and internal fittings are old and need replacement ( that’s a serious challenge on a boat 170 meters long ! ) Cheaper to build new than refurbish old Stop screaming absolute nonsense !
It is a competition. It is a rivalry. It inherently is. Only so many dollars go into the Defense Dept budget. Every dollar in the Navy is one less for the other branches.
Are huge relatively slow Aircraft Carriers really still practical? It seems that missile development has almost guaranteed that they can quickly take Carriers out, unless there's something I don't understand. From a Layman's POV It seems more productive to spend our Military money on Subs.
if you want to do a piece on US submarines, find someone who knows something about them. there is so much wrong in this video, I don't know where to start.
Always loved Sweden military technology, & their military engineering, they are a force to reckon with, they are just quietly letting everyone else think that they are irrelevant, but I hey have so great military hardware...✈️🛩️🎇🔥
@@nickl5658 because... nukes are an endgame weapon! but a stealthy carrier, delivering remote controlled recon & attack craft to enemy shores?!, thats something they could use in pretty much every engagement!
Look at all these sophisticated electronic gadgets and arsenal inside a submarine, the dangerous environment it live, the time it needs to build, a submarine will need at least several B $$$ to own. It is not a weapon 4 any cheap stake country.. 🤔🤔
Having worked on subs and ships of the USN for 50 years, I'd keep right with God if I were you.Stupid is as stupid does and there is nothing sailor proof.I repaired systems that hadn't worked from the time the vessel left the shipyard that built it 20 years from the time it left.Not complex stuff but conveyors and generators and controllers. Stuff that I was trained to repair in EM "A" School while I was serving in the Navy but the shops can't do it now. So what else can the sailors not fix today? I have retired now but I've no doubt that things have gotten worse since I retired 8 years ago. The average time it takes to get a carrier out of the yards on a refit and repair has went from 11 months to 4 years.I would go down main passageways on the ships and see all the transformers and other electrical equipment choked with dust in the vent grids. I shudder to think how bad the controllers are as they have moving parts unlike transformers. The line voltage regulators were catching on fire on lots of ships when I retired and they supply the missile launchers and combat stations for the aircraft.Many of the ships were no longer water tight as the mct's had the blocks drilled out by the sailors to pull cable thru or the stuffing tubes were rotted and falling over on the weather decks.Maintenance is no longer a priority so no matter how many new ships they build if half the systems are none functioning how can they accomplish the mission? Hire some more minorities and womenf and see how that works out for you. 50 years and I only had 3 minorities who could learn and do the work.2 of them were Filipinos and one was black. I had women apprentices who told me they didn't have to do the work because they were going to be bosses.When I reported them for not doing what was required of them to have me sign off on their work cards they sent them to another mechanic and told me they were a protected class.I asked: If a system like steering has lost power how is woman being a protected class going to keep the ship from running into another ship or aground? We as a country are screwed if our military has this type of force to protect us.
Interesting and worthwhile video. Unbeknownst to most analysts,, China is making amazing advances in stealthy submarines that could take out a carrier and perform other threatening operations.
U.S. have 68 submarines that not a crises in The Nuclear Missiles defense Triad.The Navy just replaces those submarines that are more than 30 years olds that all.
They (Gotland class) are still in service. And there are 3 of them. 2 of them was cut in half, extended and updated and is back in service. The next generation A26 Bleking class is on its way. 2 has been ordered.
Yes these needs are costly but it is a nessesity. Protection comes at a cost ..sometimes the cost is human life. The better the ships the safer we will be and the less in human life trageties.
@@nickl5658 DUH !! DO U LIVE UNDER A ROCK ??? RUSSIA ? CHINA ??? NORTH KOREA ??? IRAN ??? DUH !!! READ A NEWSPAPER ?? LISTEN TO THE NEWS ??? STAY IN TOUCH WITH WORLD EVENTS. DUH!!!
@@konigstiger3252 that is certainly true, I suspect most of the 108 billion for these subs will go to R&D and maybe 15 will go to building the subs themselves
@@kurtwagner350 Well don't forget the mandatory bribes. Did I say bribes? I meant campaign contributions. That's why F35 despite having a terrible track record and huge cost overruns continue to be built. If you build a part in every congressional district your crappy project never dies.
