The guidance system is the real can of worms. Radar doesn't work underwater, Sonar doesn't work in an air bubble, and getting a fiber optic or wire link to spool out at 250 Kts. without breaking is going to be a challenge. The terminal guidance would have to be based on either a Magnetometer or a Blue-Green Laser, both of which have a very short range, and a narrow field of view. Whenever they say this stuff is "Just around the corner" another corner shows up.

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Supercavitation was already in the minds of science fiction writers in the early 1960s. I remember an adventure show about an underwater satellite that moved at the speed of sound through the water. Thought it was "Sea Hunt!" but a search provided no clues.

Sometimes just a straight torpedo Target is all you need

You get a little over two minutes to evade the torpedoes of fires at max range.

Fascinating, thanks.

It might be combined with a conventional or some sort of silent slow engine at the rear, kind of like a space rocket's first stage. So the combo is fired in advance and creeps towards the target as a silent torpedo at, idk, 20 kn. Then when in range - the "1-st stage" accelerates to 50kn in a burst of power, then lights the rocket thruster and falls off, and the supercavitating torpedo proceeds the last few miles to target.

A great video with excellent commentary! Fab job.

Damn Russia you scary!

Surely these torpedos could be launched via a smaller craft that is launched from the mother craft. As to prevent the mother crafts location being found out by their enemy. Even a torpedo could be floated to the surface to be activated remotely or via a timer to launch at a set time and thus protect the mother craft from enemy finding their location.

These Russians are really good, huh. Imagine what would have they done if they had the budget the USA has. Mind-blowing 🤯

Really educating

I'd love to see a diagram or ideally a photograph of the interface between the tip of the torpedo and the water. Must be out there somewhere but I've had no luck. 🤔

Having read about the problematic development of torpedoes during WW2 I wouldn't worry about these things until they are shown to work in combat situations. It's one thing to develop something in controlled environments - another thing entirely to use them when under hostile conditions. I'm not saying they won't work, but history does have a knack of repeating itself.

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Great video. But did the germans seriously call their supercavitating torpedo "barracuda"? 😂

Some video material from Russia report about russian torpedo skwal has been used in this video :-)

Still we must consider the area of research that they're doing in this type of Technology you have 200 Mi an hour Torpedoes come after the ship and we don't detect it on sooner I think that's something that the DARPA pretty well knows about I hope

Nice video, but almost zero details on how the torpedo is designed and CN achieve the vavitation

It can only fire on a straight line. It very hard to steer.

If I had research-and-development money and I knew it was a possibility of developing this type of torpedo and don't you think I'ma spend money on it

intro music TOO LOUD

Anyone know about aerogel?

This is the Torpedo the sunk the Kursk.

Hi there, all - Just a casual observation but, although I now perceive the 'Achilese heel' of the Supercavitation concept as applied to current torpedo theory, I in No way now discount the application as a mere side-novelty of hydrodynamic physics, but rather ponder the question of the potential of sub-aquatic, high-volume Passenger/cargo transport, ey ? Proper engineering, good design, right materials - Hell, let's Do this Thang, yah ??

there is no way of evading something that is 10 times your speed and that something can be steered... the only defense is to kill it

We should be worried about super cavitating Torpedoes not worried about it but just developing ways to detect them we've done it with everything else haven't we?

Why make a supercavitating torpedo when you can just use hydrophobic coatings to reduce skin friction on a torpedo?

There is now new generation of super fast thorpedo, made by Russia, it can go underwater as fast as commercial plane.

0:21 That is fucking terrifying

I've got your supercavitating torpedo hanging

Skip the music plz.

Combine this with the latest drone technology + 20 yrs in the future = where military tech is actually at

During the Argentine situation they use a World War II torpedo, to knock out remember that

Vomit charge of Naval intelligence I'm going to look for these new technologies to pick catches out there, and I could do it while I'm having a cup of tea with the admiralty

She likes saying super cavitation torpedo in a British accent

Won’t do anything if we’re 20 miles away and drop a mk-48

*I call bullshit on the Shkval.* Oh, I don't doubt that it _exists,_ but I doubt _very_ much that it could actually function in the real world. Here's just one example why: Supposedly the torpedo is cable-controlled. The cable would have to be heat-proof to withstand the high temperature of the rocket blast. A control cable with heat-proof shielding, capable of being yanked at 200kts could not be some thin cable, such as what a bicycle might use; it would be relatively stiff and thick; probably at least 1cm in diameter. One can see the junction box on the back of the Shkval in the photo on Wikipedia; it's about 12cm across. Of course, that's the size of the _connector,_ not the cable, but it suggests that the cable is probably _at least_ 1cm in diameter. Now imagine the size of a drum holding *nine miles* of 1cm cable.* It would have to be located in the nose of the sub that launched it. And how could it be payed-out quickly enough?! The drum it's on would itself have to be powered to turn at high speed, just to be able to release the cable without fouling the torpedo. As a point of reference, the Russian UGST wire-guided torpedo has a top speed of about 45kts. And that cable doesn't have to withstand the blast of a rocket engine. And remember: _the cable_ absolutely WILL cause drag; there is no way to avoid that. The torpedo itself might be supercavitating, but that effect doesn't extend much beyond the length of the torpedo and the rocket's blast area. Nine miles of cable will impart tremendous drag. Try to imagine this set-up on land: say, in a large truck on the runway of an airport. It has a drum of cable that's attached to a 747, facing away from it. The 747 will take-off and fly 9 miles while towing a 1cm diameter cable, without breaking the cable, or having the drag of the cable ruin its flight characteristics. Possible? Just barely. Practical? Not even close. No, my guess is that this is a typical Russian _wunderwaffe,_ which began life as a design exercise, caught the eye of someone high-up in military procurement, and they puffed it to the Kremlin who greenlit the _promotion_ and _development_ of the project, but hid its failures. It exists to impress and intimidate, but there were simply too many logistical challenges to overcome. So instead they keep it out there as if it is operational, but can't actually _use_ it.

It's not "skval". It's SHKVAL

if you just filled the nose with lead it would go straight through an aircraft carrier, which would probably be the most effective method. The enemy would not know they were sinking until they lost contact with the lower decks. A hole right through would prevent compartmentalisation being effective.

Couldnt hear totally unnecessary background music, when will people learn that effing awful unnecessary music does NOT enhance the shopping experience

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I had that idea in 1968 at 8/9 years old. The U.S. Navy beat me to it before then. But a small boat with mountings for a Compressed Gas Launch would be handy in the Ukraine at the moment. Targets at at Anchor.

Has anyone mentioned the guidance system? Oh, let's use the missile terminus systems Russia uses as an example? If they fired a missile with whatever munition aboard at oh, let's say Las Vegas? They would be supremely lucky if they hit Nevada anywhere. Why? Russian GPS relies on 6 satellites. Total. US GPS uses...oh, that's right. 248 satellites. Bit less likely to jam, what?

Ballance your background audio for God's sake it's way too loud and distracting

With the recent thrashing the Russian military has been receiving against Ukrainians, it's extremely difficult to imagine the Russians being on the forefront of military hardware. Their equipment they already have is in dire need of upgrading and intensive maintenance....

This torpedo was a disatser. russia failed to overcome the technical problems., namely the smallest inperfection in the cavitation bubble caused the torpedo to slam into the water and destroy itself. A dead-end concept with current technology.

There is no way I'm going to believe the US has no supercavitating torpedo. They never reveal their very best. Or at least some countermeasures for the aforementioned.

Ist this a russian Press Relation Video, personally I dont belive that superkavitation will Work!

I doubt this story. Cavitating just slows you down because you are sucking air. You still have to guide and hit the target which has counter measures. The best option is a nuclear bomb dropped at the sub or ship, it has a 2 mile kill radius. Some ships and subs can go as fast as a traditional torpedo.

Cool tech. Making your own air bubble under water so you can use jet power is awesome. I don't believe for a second that America tried but failed at making one. If America wanted one they'd have it. Whatever kind of torpedo the Americans use or are testing right now its def Top Secret and won't "Show all their enemy's" how to make one like in this video.

highly unstable and unreliable design of supercavitation torpedo. when i look the design. it might simply work when the is no wave and under current. and when it reaches turning angle it will drastically slow down or go out direction. it can't be done by just designing the torpedo head. it might be possible in the coming future.

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Loud, annoying music, making it almost impossible to hear or concentrate on what the narrator says = downvote !

Lets Go Brandon.

No matter how fast they move unless they move at the speed of light we can beat it. The US has laser defenses which travel at lightspeed since it’s basically a laser pointer you could just obliterate it with that. Computer guided ofc.

Russian torpedos explode in the launch tubes. There's just no defense against them!

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The problem with Iran is that they're not having bubble tea like we even with China will have a great night's and beautiful weekends and everybody's meeting each other celebrating together they building weapons, is totally unnecessary Iran used to be the queen the king of humanity, and now they're resorting to sending rockets and attacking Israel if you're spent half of that money on buying bubble teas everybody make money

My God, this commentary is soooo boring!