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Originally Posted by ollie1983
This Russian fanboy stance doesn't wash.
The Alfa class were very noisy. The fact they could dive deep and had a high top speed, yeah and? You don't think NATO could build a submarine out of titanium if they wanted to?
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Actually they couldn't.
Iteresting lecture here:
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-f...r-mystery.html
(Sorry, I know I'm replying to a very old post, but the link contains very interesting info about the weldings of titanium and a fascinating story about it).