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Old 03-02-2015, 02:02 PM
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oldsmellhound
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Cool. I didn't realize the XP bullet uses the same principles of supercavitation. I had heard about the torpedo, though. It is actually in service with the Russkies- called the VA-111 Shkval. It has a pretty short range, though, and I'm not sure how it is guided. The old versions used inertial guidance and had a nuclear warhead (accuracy by kilotonnage), but the new versions have a conventional warhead. Seems like it would be hard to guide it to hit anything....
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