US Navy has a new sub that enemies may hear about, but not actually hear

Scout Warrior:
Navy Launches Most High-Tech & Stealthy Attack Sub Ever

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Many of these innovations, which have been underway and tested as prototypes for many years, are now operational as the USS South Dakota enters service; service technology developers have, in a general way, said the advances in undersea technologies built, integrated, tested and now operational on the South Dakota include quieting technologies for the engine room to make the submarine harder to detect, a new large vertical array and additional "quieting" coating materials for the hull, Navy officials explained.
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The US has a technological edge on adversaries when it comes to stealthy attack submarines and it appears to be furthering that edge.  It becomes more important as Russia and China build advanced submarines and North Korea also threatens to add "boomers" to its arsenal of nuclear weapons.

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