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What is a self propelled missile usually launched by a ship or submarine?
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The answer to this multiple-choice question was a torpedo. The reason that the question specifies "usually" is that ASW aircraft can launch torpedoes.
(The word missile in military usage always means self-propelled weapons.)
The ASROC is a rocket-boosted torpedo, and many other types of missiles are launched from ships and submarines, including cruise missiles such as the Tomahawk. Trident (FBM) submarines can launch strategic ICBMs.
*All submarine weapons are actually ejected from the vessel prior to its activation: torpedoes are ejected by water impulse, as are SUBROC, Harpoon, and Tomahawk missiles. Their motors start once they've cleared a certain range from the vessel. Ballistic missiles are ejected by air impulse - launch is near the surface, and the missile is ejected into a pocket of air or steam where the rocket motor ignites.
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