SUBSEA GUNS. The U.S. Navy is developing underwater launchers for rotating gun turrets that would be fitted below the waterline to fire "kinetic-kill" projectiles at mines, obstacles, surface craft, homing torpedoes - even low-flying airplanes and helicopters.
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This article was originally published with the title Warp Drive Underwater.
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