Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Britain’s Special Forces To Have New Weapon

From Times Online:

The 'shallow water combat submersible' is lightweight mini sub with sonar sensors to detect and evade enemy pre-landing.

The combat divers of Britain’s Special Boat Service (SBS) will soon be getting some new transport. The “shallow water combat submersible” (SWCS) will be able to carry six frogmen for 100 miles at depths of up to 300ft. Studded with sonar sensors, the lightweight mini-sub is designed to detect and evade an enemy, before landing special forces under its nose. Somalia’s pirates won’t know what hit them.

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