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Originally Posted by Keelbuster
Really interesting observation. And mysterious. On a sillier note, i was always wondering why they didn't build a _really big_ torpedo - like a BB buster - one big bastard - a tactical nuke  |
Because you need the tube to fire it, and this tube would be unable to fire anything else ^^
But don't worry, after the war, as soon as they found a way to miniaturize nuclear warheads, they did put them into torpedoes (and everything else, including artillery shells, depth charges and air to air missiles...). The Soviets were especially fond of that kind of torpedoes - remember that the original Shkval, to compensate for its inaccuracy, was supposed to be nuke-fitted, so that the attacker firing the first torpedo wouldn't have a chance to avoid the backfiring blast...