Silent Hunters: How Submarines Dominate Maritime Warfare.Submarines are the apex predators of maritime conflict. They deploy a variety of highly lethal weapons—usually without warning. Submarines can lay mines around enemy ports and in shipping channels. They can sink surface ships with torpedoes or with anti-ship missiles. They can fire missiles against land targets. And they can insert and recover special forces for reconnaissance missions or small-scale raids ashore. They can also act as intelligence gatherers, sitting off an adversary’s coast to listen for enemy movements and monitor the electromagnetic spectrum for enemy signal and sensor transmissions.#submarine #nuclearsubmarine #usnavy