US Navy submarines have big plans to turn small drones into 'a flying periscope' to hit long-range targets

An unmanned aerial vehicle delivers a payload to Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson near the Hawaiian Islands, October 19, 2020.
US Navy/MCS1 Michael B. Zingaro
The US Navy, worried about fighting a war against a sophisticated enemy over long distances, is looking to unmanned vehicles to extend their reach.
A lot of that work is focused on unmanned surface and underwater vehicles, but the Navy's submarine forces are also using unmanned aerial vehicles to enable them to