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A '''Torpedo''' is a self propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) | A '''Torpedo''' is a self-propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) that travels underwater to it's target. Torpedoes as we know them today were first deveoloped by '''Giovanni Luppis''' during the 1860s, although we would call similar weapons "[[mine]]s" today. The word itself descends from a variety of electric ray. | ||
== Torpedoes in [[Science Fiction]] == | == Torpedoes in [[Science Fiction]] == | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 14 January 2009
A Torpedo is a self-propelled naval missile (guided or unguided) that travels underwater to it's target. Torpedoes as we know them today were first deveoloped by Giovanni Luppis during the 1860s, although we would call similar weapons "mines" today. The word itself descends from a variety of electric ray.
Torpedoes in Science Fiction
In Science Fiction, the term torpedo is often used to discribe space based missiles.
- Photon Torpedo
- Proton torpedo
- Quantum Torpedo
- Transphasic Torpedo
- Gravimetric Torpedo