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Old 12th Nov 2020, 15:52
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Originally Posted by Bing
Wake homing air dropped torpedoes were a thing in WW2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_24_mine
They were ASW weapons. That link gives the range as 4000 Yards, but a modern heavyweight torpedo has a range of something like 30 miles.
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