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Underwater warfare
Underwater
warfare
is one of the three
operational
areas of
naval warfare
, the others being
surface warfare
and
aerial warfare
. It refers to
combat
conducted
underwater
such as:
Actions by
submarines
actions
, and
anti-submarine warfare
, i.e. warfare between submarines, other submarines and
surface
ships
; combat
airplanes
and
helicopters
may also be
engaged
when
launching
special
dive-bombs and torpedo-missiles against submarines;
Underwater
special operations
, considering:
*Military
diving
sabotage
against ships and
ports
.
*Anti-frogman
techniques
.
*Reconnaissance
tasks
.