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To: DesertRhino

Missiles are better shipkillers for surface combatants than torpedoes these days. You have to get awful close to your target to be able to use a torpedo from a surface combatant these days. At least with USN torps. The Russian Shkval torp, not quite so much.


38 posted on 05/31/2019 10:39:44 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

For those who may not know ...

The VA-111 Shkval torpedo and its descendants are supercavitating torpedoes originally developed by the Soviet Union. They are capable of speeds in excess of 200 knots.


39 posted on 05/31/2019 10:42:05 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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