Torpedo defence

Torpedo defence includes evasive maneuvers, passive defense like torpedo belts, torpedo nets, torpedo bulges, and sonar torpedo sensors, "soft-kill" active countermeasures like sonar decoys and sonar jammers, and "hard-kill" active defenses, like anti-torpedo torpedoes similar in idea to missile defense systems.[1] Surface Ship Torpedo Defense and Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo systems are highly experimental and the US Navy ended trials on them in 2018.[2]

Examples

For countermeasures see Sonar decoy § Examples.

Hard-kill

In addition, the RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launcher is alleged to have anti-torpedo capability.

See also

  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie – sonar decoy that fakes passive, active and wake-homing returns

References

  1. ^ Sprenger, Sebastian (16 April 2019). "Navies, companies push for torpedo-killing torpedoes". Defense News. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ Director, Operational Test and EvaluationFY 2018 Annual Report (PDF). Department of Defense. p. 163. Retrieved 22 April 2019.