The end of the Cold War resulted in a premature end for the promising and heavily armed Seawolf-class of submarines, capable boats that arguably would have been continued if Pentagon decision-makers ...

Article Summary - The Seawolf-class was built to be the U.S. Navy’s ultimate Cold War hunter-killer sub, but the post-Soviet “peace dividend” killed the program after just three boats. -With Los ...

-The Seawolf-class was supposed to be the U.S. Navy’s apex hunter-killer submarine: fast, deep-diving, and almost impossibly quiet. -The Navy planned to buy 29. It built three. The Cold War ended, the ...

This formidable increase in performance came at formidable increase in cost. The total Seawolf program was estimated at $33 billion for twelve submarines, an unacceptable cost considering the Soviet ...