The National Interest

MK 48 Stealth Torpedoes Are the U.S. Navy’s Deadliest Weapon

The upgraded MK 48 Mod 7 torpedo variant will arm the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines with a longer-range, more lethal, and more capable conventional weapon.
Yahoo

Cold War U.S. Navy Nearly Armed Its Frigates With Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes

There was a time when elements of the U.S. Navy appreciated the complexity, effort, duration, and assets anti-submarine warfare, or ASW, demanded of a fleet. Expecting to fight a blue-water war-at-sea ...
The National Interest

Mk-48 Torpedo

Although many details of the new prototype torpedo are secret, senior Navy officials do say modifications include giving the weapon a longer range and a more varied, high-tech warhead. The... The U.S.
Business Wire

U.S. Navy Awards SAIC $1.1 Billion Torpedo Production Contract

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract to produce, assemble, test and deliver the U.S. Navy’s MK 48 MOD 7 Torpedo ...
Business Wire

SAIC Awarded $102M Contract to Support U.S. Navy Torpedo Production

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has been awarded a $102.5 million contract by the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the MK 48 Mod 7 Heavyweight ...
Indiatimes

Mark-48 torpedo: The lethal US submarine weapon that sent Iranian warship to the bottom of the Indian Ocean; how it works

The United States on Wednesday released a video showing the final moments of the IRIS Dena, a modern Iranian Moudge-class frigate, before it sank in the Indian Ocean.The black-and-white infrared ...
Nasdaq

SAIC Grabs $102M US Navy Contract for Torpedo Production

Science Applications International Corporation SAIC recently announced that it grabbed a U.S. Navy contract worth $102 million to extend its support for the Navy’s MK 48 Mod 7 Heavyweight Torpedo ...
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A short history of naval torpedoes

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results. On Wednesday, the Pentagon confirmed that the Iranian warship IRIS Dena was ...
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Armed with a heavyweight torpedo made to 'break ships in half,' Taiwan's first homemade submarine represents a new threat to China's navy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taiwan unveiled its first domestically made submarine in late September. The vessel can carry heavyweight Mk-48 torpedoes that can ...
Forbes

Why The U.S. Used A Torpedo To Sink An Iranian Warship

On March 4, a U.S. Navy submarine sunk the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka using a Mark 48 torpedo. The U.S. submarine that conducted the strike is reported by CBS News to have ...
Jane's Information Group

US Navy moves ahead with light torpedo programmes

The US Navy (USN) is getting ready for testing and other milestones throughout this year for its lightweight torpedo (LWT) and very lightweight torpedo (VLWT) programmes. The navy intends to complete ...