The U.S. Submarine Fleet: Increasingly Vulnerable to Soviet Attack


 

Publication Date: November 1985

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Gragory Fossedal

Research Area: Military and defense

Keywords: National security

Type: Report

Abstract:

The Kremlin is devoting substantial resources to submarine detection efforts. Through a combination of research, espionage, and improved and increased numbers of attack submarines, the Soviets may well be gaining the means to destroy a substantial number of U.S. nuclear subs in a surprise attack.