Advanced weaponry and new tactical capability and communications combined with an increased weapons load of mark 48 anti - submarine torpedoes , harpoon missiles and tomahawk cruise missiles , which allow seawolf to operate from under arctic ice to shallow water close to shore . the seawolf was a product of the cold war , conceived to maintain the usa acoustic advantage over soviet submarines . with the end of the cold war and the change of emphasis to littoral operations , the cost of the seawolf submarines was judged prohibitive and the programme was curtailed in favour of the smaller and cheaper virginia class new attack submarines “海狼”級(jí)擁有強(qiáng)大的攻擊力:為了能夠獲得并保持戰(zhàn)場的主動(dòng)權(quán),該艇裝備有8具660mm魚雷發(fā)射管,攜帶的武器有: slam陸攻型戰(zhàn)斧式巡航導(dǎo)彈,射程485海里, ssm反艦型戰(zhàn)斧式巡航導(dǎo)彈,慣性制導(dǎo)主動(dòng)雷達(dá)反輻射制導(dǎo),航速0 . 7馬赫,射程250海里,魚叉反艦導(dǎo)彈,航速0 . 9馬赫,射程70海里mk48adcap魚雷,直徑660mm ,有線制導(dǎo),航速55節(jié),射程27海里。