Wednesday, April 16, 2014

US Navy Deploying Active Anti Torpedo System


In response to an urgent operational need (UON) from combatant commanders, the US Navy (USN) rapidly installed a prototype torpedo countermeasures system onto the USS George H W Bush (CVN 77), which deployed to US Fifth Fleet on 15 February 2014.

Bush is equipped with a prototype Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) system, which combines two technologies to combat enemy torpedoes: the passive technology of the torpedo warning system (TWS) and the hard-kill capability of the Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT).

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