No doubt Defense Dept. experts have had this information for awhile: Russia has perfected, manufactured, and delivered the world's fastest torpedo. If I were in the Navy, at sea on any surface ship, despite modern technology, I'd be worried about this new beast of the sea. This is called the VA-111 Shkval(Squall), a rocket-powered munition that can slice through the seas at 370kph(240mph) for 11km delivering a 450lb warhead.
This brute is manufactured in a Russian plant in Kyrgyzstan. It isonly 27 feet long and can fit in a regular sized transport truck. Hmmmm. Gives one pause. This munition joins a budding arsenal of low level rockets and missiles finding their way into the hands of some of the world's more unsavory characters and their governments.
The ever expanding list of trouble spots indicate that vigilance is a constant.
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