Traditional periscope replaced on submarine HMS Astute

9 December 2012 Last updated at 12:33 ET Help

Unlike most submarines HMS Astute does not have a traditional periscope, but uses a mast fitted with cameras that can record and analyse what is on the surface.

Lieutenant Commander Louis Bull explains how it works.

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