Fish-shaped submarines show the future of warfare

A series of futuristic submarine designs which mimic real marine lifeforms have been created to show how underwater warfare could look in 50 years.

The concepts unveiled include a crewed mothership shaped like a manta ray, unmanned eel-like vessels equipped with sensor pods which dissolve on demand to avoid enemy detection, and fish-shaped torpedoes sent to swarm against enemy targets.

Young scientists and engineers from UKnest, a not-for-profit organisation which promotes science, engineering and technology for UK naval design, took part in the design challenge.