Hello again Richard Aiken,

I do not know what they use in the hulls today, however, my guess is a majority of the expense deals with the various systems that are inside the hull.

Tom R

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On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Lymon Twist <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

The Alphas were titanium hulled, they could dive deeper.

Yep. And the latest American subs are INCREDIBLY expensive. Might some of that expense be due to titanium hull construction?

Richard Aiken

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