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LAUNCHINGSubmarines Launching Torpedoes | Modern Nuclear weapon | Submarines Magnetic Sensor | Explosion Turbulence |
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Launching | Submarines Launching Torpedoes | Modern Nuclear weapon | Submarines Magnetic Sensor | Explosion TurbulenceLaunching | Submarines Launching Torpedoes | Modern Nuclear weapon | Submarines Magnetic Sensor | Explosion Turbulence The method of launching torpedoes varies. Modern submarines have fixed tubes in the bow area from which torpedoes can be ejected by compressed air, either while the submarine is submerged or while it is surfaced. Surface vessels have tubes similar to those of submarines except that they can be aimed independently of the boat's orientation; a charge of gunpowder is used to eject the torpedo. Aircraft drop torpedoes from special bays while flying at low altitudes. PT boats, now obsolete, launched torpedoes from launching racks that slid the torpedoes into the water. Launching | Submarines Launching Torpedoes | Modern Nuclear weapon | Submarines Magnetic Sensor | Explosion Turbulence Torpedoes often zero in on a target by electronically monitoring underwater sounds. Some torpedoes move toward the sounds the target ship or submarine makes; other torpedoes emit sound pulses, then move toward the sound reflections that bounce off the target vessel. Torpedoes detonate upon striking the target vessel's hull or use a magnetic sensor to trigger the explosion near the vessel's hull. The force of the explosion either sinks the ship or submarine outright, or so weakens the superstructure that it may break apart by normal sea turbulence. Launching | Submarines Launching Torpedoes | Modern Nuclear weapon | Submarines Magnetic Sensor | Explosion Turbulence |
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