China's latest innovation can track the quietest vessels and submarines using the magnetic fields generated by their wakes.

Summary and What You Need to Know: The Seawolf-class submarine, the pinnacle of U.S. naval stealth and surveillance technology, remains an unfulfilled potential due to limited production.

Stealth bombers. Intercontinental ballistic missiles. Hydrogen bombs. Moon landers. And, crucially, nuclear-powered submarines. The Seawolf-class submarine was concocted during the tail end of the ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-class submarines, built to counter Soviet advancements, are quiet, heavily armed, and capable of deep dives. -Initiated in the 1980s, the program ...

The Seawolf class was originally intended to succeed the Los Angeles class, but production was canceled after only three submarines were produced. This restriction occurred due to budgeting ...

Developed during the Cold War by the U.S. Navy to confront Soviet Union forces, the USS Seawolf nuclear submarine is one of the most advanced ships worldwide. The advent of nuclear-powered engines ...

For a Seawolf-class submarine travelling at 24 knots (12.5 metres per second) and 30 metres (98 feet) depth, the wake’s magnetic field reaches 10⁻¹² tesla – “well within the sensitivity ...