US Navy submarine successfully launches and recovers underwater drone

Saturday, August 1st 2015 - 07:51 UTC

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The Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS North Dakota (SSN-784) has launched and recovered an underwater drone for the first time. This week, the USS North Dakota returned to the United States after a nearly two-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. The submarine was specifically tasked with testing the launch and recovery of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) while submerged. Read full article

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ChrisR
The Yanks are militarising the Mediterranean Sea!

The Spanish will be livid once they have worked out WTF the article is on about. :o)
Aug 01st, 2015 - 05:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
How deep can the drone go?
Aug 01st, 2015 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@2. It's designed for 600 metres, but can be configured for 1500 metres.
Aug 02nd, 2015 - 09:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
@3 Not much chance then of looking for MH370.
Its probably thousands of metres down.
Aug 02nd, 2015 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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