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To: Freelance Warrior

When we first heard about Soviet “supercavitating” high-speed torpedoes, one objection was that, since they couldn’t maneuver, they would be useless against ships.

But with a nuke warhead against a stationary target like a port...


3 posted on 04/02/2015 2:04:59 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: SauronOfMordor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng1UPbJPhpI


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval

4 posted on 04/02/2015 2:20:04 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: SauronOfMordor

The nuclear torpedo project was actualy researched further in the Sovet Union, as the book I linked, describes.


5 posted on 04/02/2015 2:34:06 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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