U.S. Navy SEALs are getting new mini-subs

Submersibles help sneak commandos ashore

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(Image credit: (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/U.S. Navy via Getty Images))

The U.S. Navy is hard at work developing new underwater transports for its elite commandos. The SEALs expect the new craft — and improvements to large submarine "motherships" that will carry them — to be ready by the end of the decade.

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