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Is anyone still using unguided torpedoes outside
The last ship sunk by submarine was sunk by unguided torpedoes in 1982.
Is anyone still using unguided torpedoes outside
Is anyone still using unguided torpedoes outside
The last ship sunk by submarine was sunk by unguided torpedoes in 1982.
So what's this weapons designation pleasec attalonX ??Almost all missiles carrying torpedoes are used to attack submarines
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It's significantly better than nothing, but the limited rollout across the fleet, with even the newer corvettes going for RBU-6000 instead, suggests that it has recognised limitations
That's if you don't count accidental rammings.Is anyone still using unguided torpedoes outside
The last ship sunk by submarine was sunk by unguided torpedoes in 1982.
Funny enough, China literally just tested a cruise missile armed with torpedo as a warhead
All currently known is that it replaced the rocket engine previously on ET80with a turbofan engine for turbofan engine
Against surface targets where's the advantage of having a torpedo launching missile? Imagine it this way: You fire a missile at a distant ship target. The missile is closing at say 600 knots. It releases a 50 knot torpedo at some distance from the ship to separately home in on it and torpedo it.
Wouldn't it just be simpler to pack a big warhead on the missile and have it slam into the ship and detonate? Eliminates the complexity of launching the torpedo, having separate guidance and propulsion for the torpedo, increases (greatly) the velocity of the approaching weapon, and is likely no more vulnerable to countermeasures either way.
It just adds unnecessary complexity and weight to the missile system.
The other advantage of a conventional missile with warhead is it can be used against other targets than a ship. You can fire it against land targets with only minor additions to guidance, or use it as a HARM against electronic targets again with minor changes to guidance. That makes it more flexible.
Now, as an ASW weapon, a rocket that boosts a torpedo out to some distance without separate guidance that then releases the torpedo near the submerged target to attack it makes sense. You can't use a missile with any ease against such a target. So you need the torpedo. But the delivery system doesn't require complex guidance as it is simply a ballistic means to get the torpedo close enough to the target to allow it to home on it.
Just have it dive underwater if that is desired. May need some money for accurate ranging seeker and hardening the structure to survive water impact with water: all fairly cheap.I believe that the problem with missiles that rely on a large warhead is that they burst above the waterline.
The basic logic here is that you don't sink ships by letting more air in, you sink them by letting water in. There's also the fundamental issue that anti-ship torpedos like Mk.48 CBASS or its contemporaries are heavy, like 4000lbs heavy. Its hard to bring that payload out to a useful anti-ship range. Admittedly a lot of that is fuel, and you wouldn't need as much if you're dropping it close to the target, but it's still rocking a 1000lb warhead.I believe that the problem with missiles that rely on a large warhead is that they burst above the waterline. This causes severe damage, mainly by fire. But it is not guaranteed to destroy the target ship. A torpedo, however, can detonate below the waterline or even under the hull, in which case the shock will break the ship's back. During WW2, torpedo bombers could sink the ships that dive bombers could not. But they were proved far too vulnerable to be successful except when very lucky. So, post war, high-speed missiles carrying torpedoes seemed like the perfect replacement. But, as you say, the idea was too complicated.
With WW 2 and more modern ships, a tactical kill--that is one that takes the ship out of immediate combat--can be had pretty easily with one serious hit. The radar and other sensors go down, the combat systems drop off-line, and the ship is engaged in fighting fires and flooding. That's sufficient to produce a tactical kill and that's really all you need in the short term. Sinking the ship outright isn't necessary.Against surface targets where's the advantage of having a torpedo launching missile? Imagine it this way: You fire a missile at a distant ship target. The missile is closing at say 600 knots. It releases a 50 knot torpedo at some distance from the ship to separately home in on it and torpedo it.
Wouldn't it just be simpler to pack a big warhead on the missile and have it slam into the ship and detonate? Eliminates the complexity of launching the torpedo, having separate guidance and propulsion for the torpedo, increases (greatly) the velocity of the approaching weapon, and is likely no more vulnerable to countermeasures either way.
It just adds unnecessary complexity and weight to the missile system.
The other advantage of a conventional missile with warhead is it can be used against other targets than a ship. You can fire it against land targets with only minor additions to guidance, or use it as a HARM against electronic targets again with minor changes to guidance. That makes it more flexible.
Now, as an ASW weapon, a rocket that boosts a torpedo out to some distance without separate guidance that then releases the torpedo near the submerged target to attack it makes sense. You can't use a missile with any ease against such a target. So you need the torpedo. But the delivery system doesn't require complex guidance as it is simply a ballistic means to get the torpedo close enough to the target to allow it to home on it.
I believe that the problem with missiles that rely on a large warhead is that they burst above the waterline. This causes severe damage, mainly by fire. But it is not guaranteed to destroy the target ship. A torpedo, however, can detonate below the waterline or even under the hull, in which case the shock will break the ship's back. During WW2, torpedo bombers could sink the ships that dive bombers could not. But they were proved far too vulnerable to be successful except when very lucky. So, post war, high-speed missiles carrying torpedoes seemed like the perfect replacement. But, as you say, the idea was too complicated.
The reality is you don't care if the ship sinks. You care that it's rendered combat ineffective. Demolishing the topsides and taking out every sensor is more than sufficient to do that.The basic logic here is that you don't sink ships by letting more air in, you sink them by letting water in. There's also the fundamental issue that anti-ship torpedos like Mk.48 CBASS or its contemporaries are heavy, like 4000lbs heavy. Its hard to bring that payload out to a useful anti-ship range. Admittedly a lot of that is fuel, and you wouldn't need as much if you're dropping it close to the target, but it's still rocking a 1000lb warhead.I believe that the problem with missiles that rely on a large warhead is that they burst above the waterline. This causes severe damage, mainly by fire. But it is not guaranteed to destroy the target ship. A torpedo, however, can detonate below the waterline or even under the hull, in which case the shock will break the ship's back. During WW2, torpedo bombers could sink the ships that dive bombers could not. But they were proved far too vulnerable to be successful except when very lucky. So, post war, high-speed missiles carrying torpedoes seemed like the perfect replacement. But, as you say, the idea was too complicated.
Taking a ship out of action may be all that is needed at the moment, but sinking it means to lose of the ship the crew and morale.
Taking a ship out of action may be all that is needed at the moment, but sinking it means to lose of the ship the crew and morale.
Newer(Russian) ships use paket-nk instead.It's significantly better than nothing, but the limited rollout across the fleet, with even the newer corvettes going for RBU-6000 instead, suggests that it has recognised limitations.
This pretty much. RBU-12000 was a late Soviet solution to the problem, only for the most valuable (or exposed, in case of Chabanenko) units.Was 91R1 mentioned here?
As for defence: why discuss RBU efficiency if Paket-NK is a thing?
Exocet, I presume?And above water hits don't necessarily mean you don't let the water in, I've seen at least one picture of an ASM warhead that strongly implied it had multiple radial firing shaped charges
The main reason behind Petrel and other Swordfish torpedo-carrying gliders/missiles was simplicity of terminal guidance. Direct-hit glide bomb - like ASM-N-2 Bat - required 3D guidance to hit the surface ship. But homing torpedo required only 2D guidance for the same purpose. Much simpler; much more reliable. So a powered/unpowered glider, that drop the homing torpedo near enemy ship, was simpler and more reliable solution.was not making any claim as to whether a missile armed torpedo was a good idea or not. I was merely expressing an opinion on why such a complicated delivery system might have been considered. In WW2, the torpedo was considered THE ship-killing weapon. So I suggested that, once defenses rendered torpedo boats and torpedo bombers ineffective, a missile like Petrel may well have seemed like the natural next step.
Exocet, I presume?And above water hits don't necessarily mean you don't let the water in, I've seen at least one picture of an ASM warhead that strongly implied it had multiple radial firing shaped charges
Russian or Chinese I think (or I suppose possibly an Iranian copy), I'm trying to remember where I saw it, but the first couple of possibilities came up blank. Essentially the standard cylindrical charge to fit in a missile body, but with dished areas spread around the circumference in a staggered pattern that suggested they were shaped charges - though whether the fuse would selectively detonate the main charge, or one or more of the shaped charges, or all of them at once I don't know.
Hm. I saw the same pattern on Exocet warhead photo:
Apparently not but I'd never heard of it until now.Was the enhanced warhead not part of the sale to Argentina then?