torpedo attack

When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?

John Keeney wrote in
oups.com:

When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?



John
you might get some weird answers on this, IIRC:
air-launched torpedo tactics are still part of ASW
tactics. helicopter and P3 among others..just different
models of torp and methods of delivery.

John

John Szalay wrote:
John Keeney wrote in
oups.com:

When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?



John
you might get some weird answers on this, IIRC:
air-launched torpedo tactics are still part of ASW
tactics. helicopter and P3 among others..just different
models of torp and methods of delivery.

OK, but when have these actually been used? There haven't been many
wars involving attacks on submarines recently. Seems a good question to me.

Robin

Originally Posted by R.C. Payne

John Szalay wrote:
John Keeney wrote in
oups.com:

When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?



John
you might get some weird answers on this, IIRC:
air-launched torpedo tactics are still part of ASW
tactics. helicopter and P3 among others..just different
models of torp and methods of delivery.

OK, but when have these actually been used? There haven't been many
wars involving attacks on submarines recently. Seems a good question to me.

Robin

I suspect the RN dropped some ASW torpedoes during the Falklands war.

Falklands maybe....

Boomerang wrote:
Falklands maybe....

The Belgrano was a conventional submarine launched torpedo, and the
Argentinians kept their ships clear after that, so not much for the RN
to attack. The aircraft attacks on the RN were either missiles or bombs
rather than torpedos (IIRC).

Robin

"R.C. Payne" wrote in
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OK, but when have these actually been used? There haven't been many
wars involving attacks on submarines recently. Seems a good question
to me.

Robin

To me as well, all I was doing was reminding John that he MAY get some
answers, a little different than he expected.

"John Keeney" wrote in message
oups.com...
When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?

Falklands April 25, 1982, a lynx from HMS Brilliant attacked the Santa Fe
with an air launched torpoedo that failed to detonate due to incorrect
fusing.

Source, article titled "Sink the Santa Fe!", July 2007, Sea Classics.

On Jun 11, 6:02 pm, "cdr" wrote:
"John Keeney" wrote in message

oups.com...

When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?

Falklands April 25, 1982, a lynx from HMS Brilliant attacked the Santa Fe
with an air launched torpoedo that failed to detonate due to incorrect
fusing.

Source, article titled "Sink the Santa Fe!", July 2007, Sea Classics.

Curious, I wonder what kind of fusing decisions would do that.

cdr wrote:
"John Keeney" wrote in message
oups.com...
When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?

Falklands April 25, 1982, a lynx from HMS Brilliant attacked the Santa Fe
with an air launched torpoedo that failed to detonate due to incorrect
fusing.

Source, article titled "Sink the Santa Fe!", July 2007, Sea Classics.

I sit corrected (Re my other post)

Robin