The three major torpedoes in the Navy inventory are the Mark 48 heavyweight torpedo, the Mark 46 lightweight and the Mark 50 advanced lightweight The MK50 is an advanced lightweight torpedo for use against the faster, deeperdiving and more sophisticated submarinesHistory The Mark 48 was initially developed as REsearch TORpedo Concept II (RETORC II), one of several weapons recommended for implementation by Project Nobska, a 1956 summer study on submarine warfare The Mk48 torpedo was designed at the end of the 1960s to keep up with the advances in Soviet submarine technology Operational since 1972, it replaced the Mk37, Mk14The Mark 34 torpedo (initially Mine Mk 44, technically Mk 34 mod 1) was a United States torpedo developed that entered service in 1948 It was an improved version of the Mark 24 FIDO passive acoustic homing torpedo developed during World War II for launch from fixedwing aircraft The principal differences from the Mark 24 were the use of two
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Mark 43 torpedo