UK Poseidon Conducts First Torpedo Release 

Poseidon
An RAF P-8 drops a torpedo for the first time.
Credit: RAF
LONDON—The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has performed the first torpedo release trial from its P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The recoverable exercise-variant torpedo, which lacks a warhead or propulsion system, was released by the aircraft during low-level flight over the Moray Firth, an inlet...

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