The difference between a missile and a torpedo is that a torpedo travels in the waters and a missile flys through the air.
The difference between a missile and a torpedo is that a torpedo travels in the waters and a missile flys through the air.
A torpedo...
Torpedo
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.
Torpedo
It sounds like you are referring to a torpedo.
The modern definition of a torpedo is a self-propelled underwater missile. (see related question)
A rocket is a vehicle that carries people or cargo into space, while a missile is a weapon designed to be launched at a target.
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.
A missile is a weapon designed to be guided to a specific target, while a rocket is a vehicle that is propelled by an engine using combustion of fuel.
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.
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.