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Old 05-31-08, 10:22 AM   #7
Gorshkov
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Originally Posted by Molon Labe
No references are cited there. It would be cool if he was right though!
Everything depends on current monopropellant vs. electric torpedo propulsion efficiency and cost. As I see only US Navy and Royal Navy use solely chemical torpedoes. Also recent improvements in electric propulsion and especially Zn-AgO batteries capacity (see German DM2A4 fish!) suggest such cheaper solutions will be chosen over Otto-II fuel more often by majority of World navies.
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