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Originally Posted by bottomcrawler
I could easily imagine a hull-conformal mine storage. I don't know the size of a typical mine, but I'm certain a fair number could be hauled along outside the pressure hull. But it would make for a slightly noisier sub, and a slower one.
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A mine is roughly half the size of a torpedo (torpedoes are about 533mm wide 8 meters long). It woudn't nessarly be much noiser if the storage girdle was streamlined, the sub would lose some speed. Also the storage girdle could be jettisoned after the mines have all been deployed.