Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy’s decision to build steel submarines instead of titanium ones was a deliberate, warfighting-first choice, not a technological failure. -While the Soviet Union ...

This video explores Project 705 Lira, known to NATO as the Alfa-class submarine—the fastest submarine ever built. It delves into the groundbreaking titanium hull, liquid-metal reactor technology, and ...

During the height of the Cold War, the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union spurred several technology-oriented races where both countries were trying to outdo the competition. The ...

Despite its impressive nature, the Lira-class was in no real way a strategic game-changer for the Soviets in their bid to defeat the West—and its costs were immense. During the Cold War, many radical ...