"FatKat" wrote in message
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Jeb Hoge wrote:
Shkval has been a known quantity in the Russian arsenal for a while, and
one would
presume that the USN sub force has been at least working on, if not
deploying, a
counterforce option already.

I would presumne no such thing. My guess is that we've been hedging
our bet on Shkval's nascent technology.


No word on a supercavitating torpedo, but USN does have a supercavitating
bullet that can be used to blow up mines. It was developed in the late
1990s, so is probably operational by now.

http://www.supercavitation.com/html/projectiles.html



JD