Mark 45 torpedo

The Mark 45 anti-submarine torpedo, a.k.a. ASTOR, was a submarine-launched wire-guided nuclear torpedo designed by the United States Navy for use against high-speed, deep-diving, enemy submarines. This was one of several weapons recommended for implementation by Project Nobska, a 1956 summer study on submarine warfare. The 19-inch (483 mm) torpedo was fitted with a W34 nuclear warhead. The need to maintain direct control over the warhead meant that a wire connection had to be maintained between the torpedo and submarine until detonation. Wire guidance systems were piggybacked onto this cable, and the torpedo had no homing capability. The design was completed in 1957, and 600 torpedoes were built before 1976, whereupon ASTOR was replaced by the Mark 48 torpedo.

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1958 — 1976  Wikimedia, Wikidata
mass 1100 kilogram, length 5.8 metre, 
nuclear weapon, torpedo, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, United States Navy, 

nuclear weapon, torpedo, 

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Mk45 explanation

Mark 45 Nuclear Torpedo

World War II Valor in the Pacific Monument, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu (503664) (20450939688)

2021-10-11 09 16 21 Torpedoes on display at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mk45 explanation		Commons
commons	image		Mark 45 Nuclear Torpedo		Commons
commons	image		World War II Valor in the Pacific Monument, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu (503664) (20450939688)		Commons
commons	image		2021-10-11 09 16 21 Torpedoes on display at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii		Commons