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BrandoElFollitotoday at 12:26 PM1 replyview on HN

How does a modern submarine navigates today?


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rkangeltoday at 12:45 PM

Very classified so we only know bits and pieces. "Inertial navigation" is part of it - basically very precise dead reckoning. Using specialist equipment like laser ring gyros to get precise measurements.

Then also some other equipment like a magnetometer and magnetographic maps of the world to provide references to counteract the drift in any inertial navigation.

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