Darpa's "Underwater Express" Gives New Boost to Supercavitating Subs
Credit: DEEP ANGEL
Russia's announcement in the early 1990s that it had deployed the 200-kt. supercavitating Shkval torpedo stunned Western intelligence agencies and prompted several NATO countries to begin development of a similar weapon. Supercavitation--surrounding an object with a bubble that allows it to travel...
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