Originally Posted by
henra
Wow.
Do both share the same Crossection?
If not who wins?
Or do you always go for the bigger of the two dimensions?
In an always cramped Sub if you need to squeeze your crap in a narrower or lower Hull, all Off- the- Shelf goes out the window and you start basically from scratch. Also all the piping and wiring will be a nightmare to combine.
This approach clearly sounds 'interesting'.
Hes not saying build the front half of an astute and tack it on to the back half of a virginia.
Submarines are built is sections and assembled together. Same way planes are built and even many ships are buiilt as blocks