- Sea Ferret
The Sea Ferret was a submarine-launched aerial reconnaissance drone under development by the
United States Navy , designed to be launched from within a Sub-Harpoon missile canister and controlled by a submerged submarine to provide covert surveillance, weapons targeting, choke point interdiction, and battle damage assessment.While its primary mission was reconnaissance, Sea Ferret was a weapon, carrying a nine-kilogram (20 lb) warhead, capable of destroyingsmaller targets like command centers and
surface-to-air missile launchers.Sea Ferret was under development by
Northrop Grumman Corporation since1991 , and was successfully demonstratedonboard "Asheville" (SSN-758).General characteristics
* Weight: 145 lb (66 kg)
* Length: 75 in (1.9 m) long
* Range: 370 nautical miles (685 km)
* Loiter: 2 hours
* Speed: 300 knots (550 km/h) maximum, 80 knots (148 km/h) minimum
* Warhead: 20 lb (9 kg)External links
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/sea_ferret.htm Globalsecurity.org - Sea Ferret]
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