US Navy Uses Xbox 360 Controllers Operate the Periscope on Submarines

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By: Jeremy Scott, Reporter

The US Navy has started using gaming controllers to operate the periscopes on submarines. The reason they have started using these controllers is because they are familiar with the controls on a Xbox controller because they grew up with it.

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