Wow, how practical are these HK attack boats considering our enemies militaries are fighting us using asymmetrical warfare and IED’s?
Many of our enemies, and future enemies (China), are developing submarine warfare capabilities as fast as they can.
BTW, US submarines are quite capable of asymmetrical warfare.
The Russians plan to commission 10 Yasen class SSNs over the next 10 years. The British plan to commission 7 Astute class SSNs over the next 15 years. The French plan to commission 6 Barracuda class SSNs over the next 20 years. The Chinese are developing their submarine capabilities with new Yuan class SSKs and Shang class SSNs. We already have 9 Virginia class SSNs in commission and are building more.
We must keep the most largest and most advanced submarine force in the world.