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by Santaanacanyon on July 23rd, 2004

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What is the top speed of a torpedo?

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  • by Joseph2493 on February 4th, 2005

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    All I could find about American Torpedos was one that could travel at 40+ knots.

    But...I found an article form Popular Science in 2000, it said that Russia had developed a torpedo that could travel at 200 knots (about 230 mph), which is 5 to 6 times faster than the speed of a normal torpedo.

    It was at that point being called a "shkual" torpedo.

    It has been reported that China has purchased the Technology for these torpedos.

    Hope this helps.

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    • it is imposibility to have a torpedo that can travel at 200 knots. Because there is not suffient technology.

      Captain_sub

      by Captain_sub on July 17th, 2006

    • Actually, Captain, I remember seeing a recent story about Iran also having such a torpedo. The story also pointed out that such torpedos have such short ranges as to be very impractical.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on July 21st, 2006

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