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A '''torpedo''' is a self-propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) that travels underwater to it's target. | A '''torpedo''' is a self-propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) that travels underwater to it's target. The term originally applied to static devices that we would call "[[mine|sea mine]]s" today: Giovanni Luppis first demonstrated an unmanned, self-propelled explosive boat in 1860, and he worked with Robert Whitehead to develop an actual weapon that Whitehead successfully demonstrated in 1866. | ||
The word ''torpedo'' descends from a variety of electric ray. | The word ''torpedo'' originally descends from a variety of electric ray. | ||
== Torpedoes in [[Science Fiction]] == | == Torpedoes in [[Science Fiction]] == | ||
Revision as of 21:55, 2 March 2009
A torpedo is a self-propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) that travels underwater to it's target. The term originally applied to static devices that we would call "sea mines" today: Giovanni Luppis first demonstrated an unmanned, self-propelled explosive boat in 1860, and he worked with Robert Whitehead to develop an actual weapon that Whitehead successfully demonstrated in 1866.
The word torpedo originally descends from a variety of electric ray.
Torpedoes in Science Fiction
In Science Fiction, the term torpedo is often used to describe space-based missiles.
- Photon Torpedo
- Proton torpedo
- Quantum Torpedo
- Transphasic Torpedo
- Gravimetric Torpedo