Image 1) Chinese flying submarine concept.
The idea of the flying submarine is not new. There made more or less theoretical plans for creating a submarine that can slip near its target, attack it, and fly away. Sometimes those systems are planned to use the ground-effect technology. And that thing could make those aircraft-submarine combinations fly at a low level.
Above this text, you can see the Chinese model or artist's impression of that thing. The fact is that those drones are large-size. And they can carry also agents and special forces operators to the coastline. But those systems' main role might be to operate as the ship-killers. And against coastal targets. But there is the possibility that the Russian new nuclear-powered "Skyfall"-missiles might be planned to have similar abilities.
The ability to patrol silently under the ocean surface. Until they get orders to attack. And then suddenly go airborne and attack against inland targets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_aircraft_carrier
Another interesting thing about the underwater systems is the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that can operate underwater and which makes it undetectable. There have been many submarines before WWII that has things like floatplanes. And Japanese submarines had floatplanes on board to search targets for submarines.
There is a possibility that some of those floatplanes could make torpedo attacks. But the nuclear-powered version would be a full-scale submarine aircraft carrier.
Image 2:) Convair F2Y Sea Dart
The idea was to combine the aircraft carrier and submarine. The carrier would patrol silently underwater. And then suddenly come to the surface and start the aircraft operations. The design was from the 1950s and that thing was too technical for that time's technical level. Things like VTOL aircraft removed the need to develop that kind of system. But it remains an example of a weird but innovative design.
Image 3:) Project Pluto
There was a more conventional version of the "undercover aircraft carrier". The idea was that the submarine has a long incline or hangar above its roof. And then the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart jetfighter could launch from that hangar. The "Sea Dart" used water skis for take-off and landing. The idea was to use that aircraft against Soviet bombers. Maybe, there were plans that the similar skis that were installed under the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart will install under the body of the nuclear-powered cruise missile called "Project Pluto".
But modern submarines can operate by using multi-use drones. The small-size drones can make attack and patrol missions on the coastline and open seas. Those drones can use hydrogen as fuel and they can make similar missions to regular drones.
https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/xf2y-1yf2y-1-sea-dart-a-jet-fighter-on-water-skis/
https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/project-pluto-nuclear-ramjet-engines/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_aircraft_carrier
Image 1: ) https://eurasiantimes.com/flying-submarines-china-testing-sub-drones/
Image 2:) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart
Image 3:) https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/project-pluto-nuclear-ramjet-engines/
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