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Re:USN AN-1 Submarine Aircraft Carrier (2018) by yangl1996 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:25AM (#25857430)
The Japanese Navy had similar ideas [1] in WWII. The plan was to sail undetected to near the west coast, launch the planes, and drop some biological weapon. Basically the predecessor of today's missile-carrying submarines.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-400-class_submarine

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Re:USN AN-1 Submarine Aircraft Carrier (2018) by rozab on Thursday January 21, 2021 @10:35AM (#25859923)
Here's a good video on these from Mustard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxyk84t4Q8w

They have loads of content on weird military hardware like this.

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Re:USN AN-1 Submarine Aircraft Carrier (2018) by Y_Y on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:10AM (#25858434)
> "Some biological weapon"

It was a box of plague fleas.

See also: Operation Cherry Blossom at Night

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Re:USN AN-1 Submarine Aircraft Carrier (2018) by gerdesj on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:31AM (#25857469)
Read the article, specifically the section headed: "Earlier aircraft carrying submarines".
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