torpedo warhead

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• Torpedo — The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive, automobile, locomotive, or fish torpedo) is a self propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo net — Torpedo nets were a passive naval warship defensive device against torpedoes. Their use was common practice from the 1890s through World War II. Torpedo nets were superseded by the anti torpedo bulge and torpedo belts. Contents 1 Origins 2… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo nets — were a passive naval warship defensive device against torpedoes, whose use was common practice from the 1890s through World War I. Torpedo nets were superseded by the anti torpedo bulge and torpedo belts.OriginsFollowing the introduction of the… …   Wikipedia

• warhead — 1898, explosive part of a torpedo, from WAR (Cf. war) + HEAD (Cf. head). Later transferred to any missile (1944) …   Etymology dictionary

• warhead — ► NOUN ▪ the explosive head of a missile, torpedo, or similar weapon …   English terms dictionary

• warhead — [wôr′hed΄] n. the head, or forward section, of a torpedo, bomb, or other projectile, containing the explosive charge, chemical, etc …   English World dictionary

• torpedo — Synonyms and related words: Cain, Irish confetti, KO, aerial torpedo, aim at, apache, assassin, assassinator, atomic warhead, bangalore torpedo, barrage, bird, blast, blitz, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bola, bolt, bombard, boomerang, bravo,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• torpedo — torpedolike, adj. /tawr pee doh/, n., pl. torpedoes, v., torpedoed, torpedoing. n. 1. a self propelled, cigar shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying …   Universalium

• Warhead — Typically, a warhead is the explosive material and detonator that is delivered by a missile, rocket, or torpedo. Etymology During the early development of naval torpedoes, they could be equipped with an inert payload that was intended for use… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo belt — The torpedo belt was part of the armouring scheme in some warships of between the 1920s and 1940s. It consisted of a series of lightly armoured compartments, extending laterally along a narrow belt that intersected the ship s waterline. In theory …   Wikipedia

• warhead mating — The act of attaching a warhead section to a rocket or missile body, torpedo, airframe, motor, or guidance section …   Military dictionary