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US Navy admits failure on $760 million weapon to protect its aircraft carriers from an age-old threa
Source: Business Insider
US Navy admits failure on $760 million weapon to protect its aircraft carriers from an age-old threat
Alex Lockie 2h
The US Navy has shed light on a previously highly classified project meant to protect aircraft carriers from the grave and widespread threat of torpedoes, and it's been a massive failure.
Virtually every navy the US might find itself at war against can field torpedoes, or underwater self-propelled bombs that have been sinking warships for more than 100 years.
US Navy aircraft carriers represent technological marvels, as they're floating airports powered by nuclear reactors. But after years of secretive tests, the US has given up on a program to protect the ships against torpedoes.
The US Navy has canceled its anti-torpedo torpedo-defense system and will remove the systems from the five aircraft carriers that have them installed, the Pentagon's Office of the Director of Test and Evaluation said in a report on Tuesday.
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Alex Lockie 2h
The US Navy has shed light on a previously highly classified project meant to protect aircraft carriers from the grave and widespread threat of torpedoes, and it's been a massive failure.
Virtually every navy the US might find itself at war against can field torpedoes, or underwater self-propelled bombs that have been sinking warships for more than 100 years.
US Navy aircraft carriers represent technological marvels, as they're floating airports powered by nuclear reactors. But after years of secretive tests, the US has given up on a program to protect the ships against torpedoes.
The US Navy has canceled its anti-torpedo torpedo-defense system and will remove the systems from the five aircraft carriers that have them installed, the Pentagon's Office of the Director of Test and Evaluation said in a report on Tuesday.
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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-admits-it-cant-defeat-torpedos-thatll-sink-aircraft-carriers-2019-2
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