Note that the Shkval torpedo was a straight runner (as acoustic guidance for a supercavitating torpedo is as useless as, *ahem* mammaries on a bull) and originally designed with a 10kt nuclear warhead in mind, the tactic being to set the detonation after a certain runtime and launch it into the middle of a merchant convoy/surface action group/carrier battle group. Though technically you can use it against an enemy sub if your TMA was spot on, if you were going for the nuclear option the launching sub would probably be better off using an SS-N-15 with a nuclear depth charge instead.
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