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Old 02-18-09, 07:02 PM   #7
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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.
Actually, one of the things people in engineering circles are looking at for future submarine designs is weapons storage external to the hull.
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