Submarines are underwater vehicles that can be used for recreational, scientific, or military purposes. The DSV Alvin is a famous scientific submarine that can travel more than half a mile below the ocean’s surface. Military submarines, such as the American Seawolf class, are the largest and most expensive, with a range limited only by the […]
The Bathyscape Trieste, funded by the US Navy, reached the Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the ocean, at 10,916 meters. The pressure sphere was attached to petrol floats and iron shot for weight. The Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets had a titanium hull and could dive up to 1300 meters, while America’s Seawolf-class nuclear submarines […]
