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Saturday 14 April 2018

Nuclear submarines faster and with better lines according to a CIA report dated 4 March 1957

An item reported that the only reasons for building a nuclear submarine by the Soviet Union were that she would have better lines while in contrary to the past she would be more a real submarine and not mainly a surface unit and a minimum speed of 35 knots (4-5 knots faster as a diesel submarine?].

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80T00246A032800400001-3