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Special Warfare Minisub Damaged in Fire

HONOLULU -- The Navy will begin investigating a battery fire that damaged the nation’s only special-warfare minisub. The battery-powered minisub, designed to ride piggyback on an attack sub to within range of a hostile coast or other target, was delivered to the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command in 2001 and assigned to Pearl Harbor’s SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 in 2003.

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Minisub file photograph
Secretary of Defense Tours USS Rhode Island

KINGS BAY, Ga (NNS) -- The Secretary of Defense paid a visit to USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740), a ballistic missile submarine, homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Leah Stiles/Released)

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Secretary of Defense the Honorable Robert Gates speaks in front of the ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.
Unmanned Aircraft System Capability For Submerged Submarines Demonstrated

NARRAGANSETT BAY SHALLOW WATER TEST FACILITY RANGE, R.I. -- Unmanned Aircraft System capability for submerged submarines was demonstrated recently. The Submarine Over the Horizon Organic Capabilities program simulated the submarine launch of a
specialized UAS for collection of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information in a complex littoral environment.

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UAS Capability For Submerged Submarines Demonstration
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