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The CIA and the Pentagon until recently did not believe in the existence of the Soviet submarine titanium

The CIA and the Pentagon until recently did not believe in the existence of the Soviet submarine titanium

American journalists assessed the underwater boat project 705 "Лира", which is produced in the USSR. The uniqueness of the submarine was that, that the submarine hull was completely made of titanium.

The first data on the production of titanium submarines in the Soviet Union, the CIA received in 1969 year. Reports on “superpodlodke” featured photos of the ship of silvery color. In the United States we have been assured, that the Soviet Union does not have the technology to produce such large objects made of titanium. Americans believed, that conventional submarine painted with silver paint, to introduce foreign military confusion. This writes The National Interest.

Doubts about the existence of a titanium submarine high cost were caused by material (three to five times more expensive than steel), as well as the extremely complex process of welding parts made of durable, but light metal. So the Pentagon has refused to believe in the existence of the Soviet advanced underwater vehicle.

A few years later, no one doubted, that Moscow stands armed with the fastest submarine. The Soviet ship was capable of speeds up 41 host. for comparison, the maximum speed of the American class destroyers “Arly Burke” (Arleigh Burke) It was then 30 knots.

Operation submarine project “Lyra” It was very expensive, moreover, not all ports capable of receiving ships of this class, so in 90 years all these submarines were decommissioned and scrapped.

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