Navy studies novel methods of launching UAVs from subs

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Navy is considering several methods of deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from submarines, including torpedo tube launch, launch from a mast, and even launch from garbage tubes. "We feel the sub mission is an ISR [intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance] mission,"...

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