[djmcmath]

The supersonic torpedo was a Russian idea, and it was supposed to have been a nuclear weapon, if the rumor-mill is at all correct. It fits with the Russian mindset of submarine warfare, really. The idea wasn't a first strike, but rather a counter-attack, a return shot down the bearing of an incoming enemy weapon. Actually, kind of a lot of Russian engineering was designed around the idea of absorbing at least one torpedo in an underwater conflict, and not knowing at all where the other guy was. Good thing, too, 'coz we've been known to be able to follow their subs from ... well, quite some distance.

Anyhow, I don't think we've been able to account for all of those old Russkie supersonic nuclear tipped torpedoes. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if NK had one or two floating around, though I can say that discovering one of those in the same ocean as my submarine would probably ruin my whole afternoon.


Dan