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Previously operational as early as 1977, the torpedo was announced as being deployed in the 1990s. [2] The Shkval is intended as a countermeasure against torpedoes launched by undetected enemy submarines. [2] Shkval nose cone Shkval rear, showing the guidance fins and the electronics connector
Supercavitating torpedo, high-test peroxide/ kerosene rocket: 370 km/h (200 kn) for 7 km (7,700 yd) Shkval 2 Russia: 1998: Submarine/ submarine: Diameter:533 mm (21.0 in) Length:8.2 m (27 ft) 210 kg (460 lb) or 150 kt nuclear warhead: Supercavitating torpedo high-test peroxide/kerosene rocket: 370 km/h (200 kn) for 15 km (16,000 yd) Varunastra ...
A light torpedo used primarily as a close attack weapon, particularly by aircraft. The 12.75 in (32.4 cm) caliber has been described as a NATO standard for this class. [87] A heavy torpedo used primarily as a standoff weapon, particularly by submerged submarines. The 21 in (53 cm) caliber is a common standard. [88]
Armes rubbed two torpedo sticks together, [4] detonating them and causing the mangling of both hands. [2] [5] Caples, who was standing nearby, was not injured. Armes was taken to Hotel Dieu Hospital in El Paso, where his hands were amputated two inches above both wrists. [6] [3] Armes went back to school four weeks after the surgery.
RPK-6 Vodopad (Russian: РПК-6 Водопад, "waterfall") is a Soviet 533 mm anti-submarine missile deployed operationally since 1981. [1]RPK-7 Veter (Russian: РПК-7 Ветер, "wind") is a 650 mm version, deployed operationally since 1984.
Operation Torpedo was a 2011 operation in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) compromised three different hidden services hosting child pornography, which would then target anyone who happened to access them using a network investigative technique (NIT).
January 1940 saw the formation of 819 Naval Air Squadron at RNAS Ford, which was a Torpedo, Spotter, and Reconnaissance Squadron, equipped with Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber aircraft. [7] The Fairey Swordfish equipped 821 Naval Air Squadron arrived from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) in March, then almost immediately embarked in HMS Ark Royal.
The AN/SLQ-25 Nixie and its variants are towed torpedo decoys used on US and allied warships. It consists of a towed decoy device (TB-14A) and a shipboard signal generator. The Nixie is capable of defeating wake-homing, acoustic-homing, and wire-guided torpedoes. The decoy emits signals to draw a torpedo away from its intended target.