Aircraft Carrier ‘Down’: A Stirling AIP Submarine From Sweden ‘Sank’ A U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft Carrier ‘Down’: A Stirling AIP Submarine From Sweden ‘Sank’ A U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier

Summary and Key Points: Sweden’s Gotland-class submarines are among the quietest conventional boats afloat, using Stirling air-independent propulsion to stay submerged for weeks. That stealth helped HSwMS Gotland score repeated simulated carrier “sinks,” including against USS Ronald Reagan in 2004, prompting the U.S. Navy to lease the boat as an opposing force from 2005 to 2007 for anti-submarine warfare training. BALTIC SEA (March 13, 2016) Swe…