Ukraine’s ‘game-changer’ torpedo sub will win Black Sea battle
UKRAINIAN engineers have built a stealth torpedo-launching submarine designed for hit-and-run missions to destroy enemy warships.
Its creators also say Kronos can lead sabotage missions anywhere between 50ft to 820ft and glide through the water at 32mph, smashing the 23mph top speed of a US nuclear attack submarine. Kronos can fit four to six of Italian defence company Leonardo's small electric torpedoes, known as 'Black Scorpion' or two of its huge 'Black Shark' torpedoes.
Slashing previous estimates of when it would be operational, the engineer disclosed it will likely take just "four more months".For all the lofty claims surrounding what Kronos might be able to pull off, Matthew Sweeney, a submarine commander in theLooking at the blueprints, he told The Sun: "In theory, yes, it could do those types of missions - sneaking in and disabling ships... there's a great value in its design".
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