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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.

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