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7952today at 11:46 AM2 repliesview on HN

Navies are known to use low frequency radio to send messages to submerged subs.


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adrian_btoday at 11:59 AM

This uses the same principle, but the traditional method required immense antennas and very high power radio transmitters.

Such antennas and transmitters cannot be installed in a small submarine.

Here a new kind of antenna is used, which is efficient under water even at small dimensions, so it can be installed in small submarines, for communication at distances of up to a few hundred meter.

raffael_detoday at 11:48 AM

But isn't torpedo steering still dependent on wire?

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