Abstract:
A long wake with lots of bubbles is fo口ned behind a sailing ship , which provides a target feature of the ship. A wake homing torpedo detects target through wake to severely threaten surface ships. Since there is no effective countermeasure against the torpedo on a surface ship , it is imperative to develop the technology for countering wake homing torpedo. Based on wake features and operational principle of wake homing torpedo , this paper introduces some methods of soft kill , hard kill and non-kill ,such as gas generator , magnetic wake , torpedo net defense( TND) , depth bomb , anti-torpedo torpedo( ATT) , stealth , and evasive maneuver. We summarizes three key points in the defense against wake homing torpedo , including high perfo口nance torpedo alarm system , rapid response acoustic countermeasure system , and multi-functional acoustic countermeasure device , to provide approaches to effectively countering wake homing torpedo.