American military was shocked, "Is the Soviet monster still alive?"
Russia has long kept its secrets. When the United States learned that the "Screaming" underwater guided torpedo, a sea monster-level torpedo, was still in service in the Russian Navy, it was stunned. This torpedo is over 8 meters long and can even vaporize water around it while moving. This weapon was developed as early as the 1970s and is still active today.
"ABN24" published an article introducing a secret weapon that had been hidden for nearly twenty years. When this weapon's news spread around the world, the United States was disappointed, and Western analysts were astonished. They realized that the Soviet "Screaming" supercavitating torpedo was so powerful that the U.S. Navy could not match it.
The "Screaming" torpedo was secretly developed during the Soviet era. Its initial purpose was to counter the large and powerful aircraft carriers possessed by the United States. This Soviet torpedo has an astonishing speed of 200 knots, weighs 2700 kilograms, is 8.2 meters long, and can carry a warhead weighing 210 kilograms. When it was first introduced in the 1970s, it marked a technological leap. Americans never expected that their opponent during the Cold War could create such weapons.
The "Screaming" torpedo is uninterceptable, as it can cover a distance of seven kilometers in less than two minutes. As for why there is no news about this torpedo now, there is currently no clear explanation. According to "ABN24", Western speculation suggests that there may be a small number of "Screaming" torpedoes left in the Russian military arsenal, but they are not widely used. This may be because the rocket engine of this torpedo is extremely noisy, and any submarine that launches this torpedo may be immediately discovered by the enemy. However, on the other hand, the "Screaming" torpedo is extremely fast and can destroy the target before the enemy even detects the launch.
Because information about this "carrier killer" torpedo, which can evaporate seawater while moving, is classified, NATO can never know the full truth. A few years ago, Boris Obnosov, head of the "Tactical Missile Weapons" company, stated that the plan from 2018 to 2025 includes modernization of the "Screaming" torpedo. This indicates that these torpedoes have not left the historical stage. For more than forty years, they have been unmatched in the world.
The "Screaming" torpedo is a supercavitating torpedo, with a length of 8.23 meters, diameter of 533 millimeters, weight of 2600 kilograms, warhead charge of 250 kilograms, speed of 200 knots, range of 15000 meters, and maximum depth of 400 meters. The torpedo body gradually thickens from the head to the tail, with the head being the warhead, the tail being the engine, and the center of the tail being the rocket engine nozzle, surrounded by eight small starter rockets.
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