Spanish S-80 Subs Sailing Forward
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Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology .
Spain might be sailing toward a financial hurricane, but the country's new submarines are forging ahead below the turmoil. The focus of the Undersea Defense Technology show here this year was the host nation's S-80 submarine. In the nearby Mediterranean city of Cartagena lies an assembly line of these vessels with not just one, but all four, in various stages of completion at the Navantia shipyard ...
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