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Several U.S. Navy nuclear submarines have photonic masts (modern periscopes) that are operated by Xbox controllers.
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Did Jules Verne Invent the Submarine?
Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, 1870) contains two of his most memorable creations, the mysterious Captain Nemo and a marvelous submarine, the Nautilus. This submarine is 70 metres (230 feet) long and armour-plated, capable of sinking any ship,
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