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Russia's Papa-Class submarine had a titanium hull. That is a technology the U.S. Navy can't match, although for very good reasons. 

The USS Nautilus traveled around the world, blockaded Cuba in the early 1960s, and set the standard for nuclear-powered submarines.

Speed has often held a mixed appeal in submarine warfare. After all, even very quiet submarines become noisy when they're tearing through the ocean at their maximum speed of 20 to 30 knots. As typically the goal in submarine warfare is to detect an unaware adversary and launch torpedoes without being detected in return, many submarines cruise at little more than a brisk jog to minimize noise. However, speed also enables more aggressive maneuvers against alert enemies and incoming torpedoes, and the ability to close with or disengage from adversaries as the situation dictates. And sometimes sp...