minisub


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Noun1.minisub - submersible vessel for one or two personsminisub - submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration
submersible - an apparatus intended for use under water
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The president was shoring it up with his usual public relations antics this week, this time on a vacation in his conquest Crimea, where he took a ride in a cool-looking minisub, audacious if only for coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the Kursk's sinking.
In late 2008, a battery malfunction all but destroyed the Advanced SEAL Delivery System, a $272 million minisub designed to launch Navy special operators from an attack submarine close to a hostile coast.
Spence Dry, the officer in charge, were launched in a minisub from the attack submarine USS Grayback.
the Titanic anchor and deck gear are clearly visible from the minisub, centre, that dives to the ocean floor
"We learned so much about the squid's habitat in the first two missions." Instead of the three cameras, Roper himself will dive deep into the Kaikoura Canyon in the minisub Johnson Sea-Link.
This signal, a brief burst of noise designed to mimic natural biological sounds, would indicate that the SEALs are approaching Florida in order to couple their ASDS minisub, the Advanced SEAL Delivery System, to the hatch of the number-one missile tube of the giant submarine.
Reportedly this minisub was capable of transporting up to ten metric tons of cocaine.