RememberTheApollo_Mar 4

US sub sinks Iranian ship by torpedo in Indian Ocean, 1st such attack since WWII

https://lemmy.world/post/43857926

US sub sinks Iranian ship by torpedo in Indian Ocean, 1st such attack since WWII - Lemmy.World

A U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine on Tuesday sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean using a single torpedo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Wednesday, saying this was the first time since World War II that an American submarine has sunk an enemy vessel.

Show threadZaktor

a single Mark 48 torpedo, a sophisticated munition specifically designed to sink ships

As opposed to the torpedos not designed to sink ships?

Mar 4 at 10:59pmWeb
Show threadBlade9732Mar 5
The Russians built one to sink cities.
Show threadRaphaelSchmitzMar 5

Well, there ARE torpedoes that pretend to be a ship in order to trick ships and other torpedoes to go for them, instead of the submarine that fired it.

But yeah “specifically” designed to sink ships sounds weird when that’s what most of them, with only few exceptions, do.