What would a Western Oscar Class ssubmarine look like? For those who don't know the Oscars or Project 949 class are a Russian cruise missile submarines, (SSGN), a sort of side step between the nuclear attack subs, (SSN), and the nuclear ballistic missile subs, (SSBN), operated by the navies of the five main nuclear powers.
They are basically a type of attack submarine like the Astutes or Seawolves but larger, almost the size of a missile submarine, coming in at more than 10,000 tons, and carry a large number of cruise missiles in addition to torpedos.
So what would a British, French or American SSGN of this type look like given a POD of 1945?
And before anyone starts going on about how the Ohio SSGN's fill the role or how Western navies don't need such a class because it's a waste of resources and regular SSN's do just as well I am asking for a hypothetical design, not a discertation on naval policy.
They are basically a type of attack submarine like the Astutes or Seawolves but larger, almost the size of a missile submarine, coming in at more than 10,000 tons, and carry a large number of cruise missiles in addition to torpedos.
So what would a British, French or American SSGN of this type look like given a POD of 1945?
And before anyone starts going on about how the Ohio SSGN's fill the role or how Western navies don't need such a class because it's a waste of resources and regular SSN's do just as well I am asking for a hypothetical design, not a discertation on naval policy.