Royal Navy Tests Upgraded Torpedo from HMS Audacious Submarine
Royal Navy Tests Upgraded Torpedo from HMS Audacious Submarine Our Bureau 411 Spearfish Mod-1 torpedo The Royal Navy said it fired an upgraded version of Spearfish heavy torpedo from HMS Audacious Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine in the Bahamas. The firings at AUTEC, the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Centre on Andros Island, studied the performance of the weapon at its maximum operating depth and challenged the torpedo's homing abilities through the introduction of countermeasures. The trials in the Bahamas were the latest in a string of crucial tests on the upgraded heavyweig...
Source: defenseworld.net