Surface Ship Torpedo Defense Cancelled

The DOT&E 2018 Annual Report reveals that the Navy has decided to cancel the hard-kill torpedo defense system program (Surfac…

Outranging The Sensor - Long Lance Torpedo

We’ve repeatedly noted that a weapon that outranges its targeting sensors is useless.   The current classic example is the much-h…

Torpedoes - Then and Now

There is a widespread belief that modern torpedoes are instant and unstoppable death for any modern ship and that carriers and ot…

Supercavitating Torpdeo Kinetic Energy

Recently, there have been a few comments asking about the kinetic energy of a supercavitating torpedo with the suggestion being t…

Torpedo and Mine Damage History - Part 2

In Part 1, we examined some of the historical examples of the effects of underwater explosions from mines and torpedoes on ships.…

Torpedo and Mine Damage History - Part 1

We previously examined torpedoes and their lethality and debunked the “broken back over a bubble of air” myth by examining availa…

Korean Supercavitating Torpedo

As reported by Navy Recognition website, South Korea displayed a supercavitating torpedo it’s developing at the MADEX 2017 Inter…

Torpedo Lethality Myth

This post is going to ruffle a few feathers.  It should be fun! Let's see a show of hands.  How many of you think a torpedo k…