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New Navy Missile Launcher Tested, So Conventional Missiles Work In Submarines The Navy is developing a new type of missile launcher that would permit using conventional missiles including Army weapons on submarines, instead of having to use missiles specially designed for undersea craft. It could create new demand for some existing conventional missiles. Navy scientists and engineers joined the first successful test launch of a test article from a Water Piercing Missile Launcher (WPML). The test by the Crane (Ind.)…

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