Torpedo

A modern torpedo, historically called a self-propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. Torpedoes are weapons that may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mines and naval fortresses

External links

• US Navy torpedo data cut and pasted from a Navy Fact File
• A slightly more recent writeup on the Mk-48 is available at a SSBN 624 web site by Clwyd
• Early History of the Torpedo Torpedo History

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