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The difference between a missile and a torpedo is that a torpedo travels in the waters and a missile flys through the air.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThere are three types of Missiles - those that go air to air, those that go from ground to air or air to ground and torpedo that are designed to only go underwater
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What is the difference between a torpedo and a missile?
The difference between a missile and a torpedo is that a torpedo travels in the waters and a missile flys through the air.
What is a missile send from a submarine?
A torpedo...
What is a self-propelled missile launched from a submarine called?
Torpedo
What is a missile chamber called?
The standard term for a missile chamber (be it a ballistic missile, vertical launch cruise missile, torpedo, etc.) is simply a tube - straight and to the point.
What is another word for self propelled missile launched from a submarine?
Torpedo
What do you call a missile that travels underwater?
It sounds like you are referring to a torpedo.
What is a self propelled missile launched from a submarine?
The modern definition of a torpedo is a self-propelled underwater missile. (see related question)
What is torpedo?
It's kind of a missile that runs in water. It's got a warhead, an engine, a means of propulsion and a tank of fuel. Since the 20th century that is essentially correct. Earlier a Torpedo was What today would be called a mine. IN the civil war the submarine CSS Hunely had a torpedo on a long pole. Earlier , in 1776, the the Submarine Turtle used a Spar Torpedo in the revolutionary war. Today. A torpedo is most likely to be a self guiding, electrically driven weapon that could be compared to an underwater missile.
Is there a difference between a rocket and a missile?
missile is also a rocket but the difference is that, it hold explosive for mass destruction. a rocket is just use to propelling vehicle like in satellites etc. missiles are self guided by the help of inertial navigation system.
How many bombs can a submarine have?
A typical US ballistic missile submarine has either:24 Trident II missiles, each carrying 1 to 12 warheads4 torpedo tubes with an unknown number of nuclear torpedos24 to 288 missile warheads plus nuclear torpedos154 Tomahawk cruise missiles4 torpedo tubes with an unknown number of nuclear torpedos154 missile warheads plus nuclear torpedosActual numbers for various types of submarine will vary.
What is the difference between Cheonan ship and Titanic?
The main difference is that the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk, while the Cheonan was sunk by a North Korean torpedo. They really have nothing in common.
What is the different between missile and rocket?
A missile is a rocket that has a guidance system that can steer the vehicle after launched. A rocket has none such system; basicaly, point-and-launch.
