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A '''Torpedo''' is a self propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) which travels underwater to it's target. Torpedoes as we know them today were first deveoloped by '''Giovanni Luppis''' during the 1860s. | A '''Torpedo''' is a self propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) which travels underwater to it's target. Torpedoes as we know them today were first deveoloped by '''Giovanni Luppis''' during the 1860s while the word itself descends from a catagory of electric ray. | ||
== Torpedoes in [[Science Fiction]] == | == Torpedoes in [[Science Fiction]] == | ||
Revision as of 00:13, 14 January 2009
A Torpedo is a self propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) which travels underwater to it's target. Torpedoes as we know them today were first deveoloped by Giovanni Luppis during the 1860s while the word itself descends from a catagory of electric ray.
Torpedoes in Science Fiction
In Science Fiction, the term torpedo is often used to discribe space based missiles.