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Navy Wants a Cheap Heavy Torpedo That Can Be Stockpiled Fast
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoThere's a ton of unmanned underwater vehicle efforts/prototyping going on. I gotta wonder how many would be slated to become exotic torpedos. XLUUV, Manta Ray, and now LDUUV https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-completes-assembly-of-manta-ray-uncrewed-underwater-vehicle https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grum... https://www.navaltoday.com/2024/02/12/us-navy-picks-companies-for-unmanned-undersea-vehicle-program/ https://www.navaltoday.com/2024/02/12/us-navy-picks-companie... They do seem to be the opposite end of the spectrum; expensive & fancy. Where-as right now the focus everywhere seems to be on "attritable" arsenals, rather than advanced.