Operational Concept of Long-range Torpedo and Its Technical Requirements

Taking defence against ship formation as background, this paper discusses the tactical reasons, technical conditions and possibility for developing long-range torpedo, and puts forward the concept of submarine group attacking and guidance way by using leading torpedo. Moreover, operational concept of realizing long-distance attack against ship formation and regarding torpedo as launching-platform or anterior detector is presented, and major technologic characters and functional requirements of the long-range torpedo are analyzed.