I was wondering why there isn't a navy in the world that doesn't solely use submarines for its navy.
From their inception, subs have been used in a jeune ecole type approach, i.e. When a navy is not powerful enough to field enough ships of the line. We can take the example of Germany in the World Wars, the Hunley in the US Civil War as notable examples. However, with the many notable advances in submarine technolgy, is it not obvious that the sub is now versatile to take on the roles of surface craft without sufferring the same vulnerabilties?
As the Japanese demonstrated, a submarine aircraft carrier is possible, a troop ship is possible due to the size of modern subs. Why do navies continue to build surface ships that are exposed to missles, aircraft, are easily trackable etc etc? How long will it be before the navies of the world go 100% submersible?
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