Instead, the U.S. focused on developing superior torpedoes and anti-submarine weapons, such as the MK 48 torpedo and Sea Lance missile. -Ultimately, the limited success of the Soviet titanium subs ...

Operating on a surface-to-surface principle, it was created by the United States as a modern alternative to the MGM-52 Lance missile from the 1960s, which had a maximum range of 120 km.

The attack included a strike by a missile so powerful that in the aftermath Ukrainian officials said it bore the characteristics of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Western officials ...