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    How A Submarine Works

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    Have you ever wondered how a submarine works? There are many parts to a submarine. Each part contributes to how the submarine works. The parts also do many different things. Submarines are basically a watercraft cable of independent operation under water.It is different from a submersible that has more limited underwater capability. Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under water. From simple submersibles to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths, people have searched for

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    Submarines Impact In War

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    Submarines impact in war Intro: Submarines are cool because they can travel underwater and shoot weapons. The submarines were made to destroy everything which they did. The very first submarine floated on top and it could only go down underwater for a couple of seconds. Today’s submarines can drive underwater forever. I’m going to talking about how they impacted many different kinds of wars. Body: My first war that submarines impacted was the Civil War

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    countries. With the threat of nuclear war lingering in our domain, the United States counters this spreading issue with the ballistic missile submarine to provide strategic deterrence. Ballistic missile submarines have been important to the United States and Russia, as well as other nuclear powers, since the beginning of the Cold War. Ballistic missile submarines can evade satellites and discharge their nuclear munitions with little interference. This allows them to be protected from a first strike directed

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    The History of Submarines Wouldn’t it be fun to ride a torpedo, or drive a nuclear reactor around underwater? In this research paper I am going to illustrate the ingenius submarine. The submarine is one of the most important strategic and tactical weapons systems of the 20th Century, and this importance will increase in the 21st Century. The tiny, leaking, creaking, and unsafe submarine boats of the 1890’s, displacing under two hundred tons and carrying a handful of men and a few torpedoes have

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    Every war since Civil war has involved submarines. They played important roles in both wars.They only comprised 2% of the US navy but they sank over 30% of Japan’s navy in WW2.Submarines were basically surface ships that could travel underwater for a limited time but they revolutionized with the time,they included ballistic missile subs, fast attack subs and a patrol gunboat that was assigned to the coastal surveillance group. Some of the submarines used in WW2 were also used in Vietnam. In WW2

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    The action the submarine captain must decide on is whether he should order the sub to dive to escape enemy planes, although a crew member is still outside of the sub's hatch. Ordering the submarine to dive and escape is a morally good act, in and of itself, because it preserves the captain from harm or death. The bad effect of the death of the crew member left outside is not a means to achieve the good effect of the captain saving himself and everyone else in the sub. That is to say, the act of

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    different types of attacks and routes. “Submarines revolutionized naval warfare by introducing underwater vessels capable of attacking enemy ships” (“Military War Technology”). Submarines are a huge contribution to different types of attacks and strategies. It has made it possible to attack enemies under the water and to be stealthy

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    brought the biggest military technological innovation which was the first submarine, USS Holland Submarine. This submarine was named after its designer, John P. Holland, who was an Irish immigrant who set the foundation to the modern submarines. However, designs of having underwater boats did not start up in the 1900’s but was thought of since the 1500’s. Cornelius Drebbel was the first inventor to make a working submarine who was hired in 1603 by James 1 of England. With this it is obvious that

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    A submarine is defined as “something that functions or operates underwater; specifically: a naval vessel designed to operate underwater.” This definition holds true today but started at the beginning of the Civil War when submarines originally became a popular choice of weaponry. In general, submarine crews were composed of a commander, who steered the boat, and six or more men who used hand cranks to move the boat. Many inventors intended on creating electric motors to move the boat, but they were

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    Leap 1: Breathing Underwater Submarines are unique breed. Invisible to all her enemies she’s prime to unleash her awesome apocalypse been enhanced. The journey began in 1776, the world’s first more summery hola wooden spear with a limited supply of air. At the height of American war for independence the Americans find themselves at a severe disadvantage there warships were of no match to British navy. They hatch a plan that relies on guile rather than brute force. The scheme requires a new kind of

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