Heavyweights on the wring: in the Western World, the number of heavy torpedoes can be reckoned on one hand, yet amongst these few only a couple can be regarded as using state-of-the-art technology.

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Heavyweights on the wring: in the Western World, the number of heavy torpedoes can be reckoned on one hand, yet amongst these few only a couple can be regarded as using state-of-the-art technology.

With France bailing out of the heavyweight torpedo business, we are left with the British Spearfish, the Mk 48 rood 6 and its successor the Adcap from Raytheon, the Torpedo 2000 from Saab Bofors, the Black Shark from Whitehead and the DM2 A4 rood 4 from Atlas Elektronik. Although the Torpedo 2000 features an engine of ...

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