New Technology Presents Dangers, Opportunities For Stealthy Subs

A new report says technology developments are making it easier to detect even stealthy submarines, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

The growth in computer processing power is counteracting some of the noise-reducing technologies integrated with subs such as the U.S. Virginia class, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a think-tank based in Washington, D.C.

Detection techniques that measure the wake left by subs rather...