So the Anti-Torpedo Defense System has been installed on 5 Nimitz-class

>>31912975

>What new developments are we likely to see in torpedo tech to try and penetrate defenses like these as they become more common

Nuclear torpedoes.

>>31912987
You can't just nuke all your problems anon.

And being serious, i'm sure America's rivals are going to want options to penetrate these defenses that don't involve nukes.

>>31912975
>as the US is apparently planning to have it on all "high-value" ships by 2035,
Why only 'high value' ships? Russia has theirs even on corvettes.

>>31913025
>You can't just nuke all your problems anon.
What?
Of course you can.

>>31913057
So, that's what? Thirty seaworthy ships total?

You have to prioritize when you have hundreds.

>>31913057
Because this is a real system that does something not a rusty box of spare parts.

>>31913057
Corvette ARE their high value ships

There's many options, but they each have their drawbacks.
>"stealth" torpedoes
increases weight, reducing overall warhead capacity
>multiple warheads
increases size, decreasing maneuverability and increasing visibilty
>following an unpredictable pattern
makes the torpedo slower and less likely to reach its target

>>31913057
>Russia has theirs even on corvettes.

This is technically accurate, but a more honest way to put it is 'only' on corvettes, and only a few of them.

>>31912987

Torpedoes that bounce between being above and below the water like dolphins

>>31913112
Terminal phase super cavitation

>>31913081
America does not have the money?

>>31913106
Their called submarines

>>31913364
Money isn't a big limiting factor but hard kill systems are bulky and involve a lot of work to incorporate. Same reasons a lot of ships go single nixie rather then two.

>>31913424

Americas submarine force is mostly cold war era LA Class.

Obsolete.

>>31914700

Obsolete doesn't mean useless. The LA-class still holds up very well, and more importantly they are steadily being replaced by Virginia's which are state-of-the-art.

>>31914700
>>31914800

688i are damn fine boats.

>>31913025
>You can't just nuke all your problems anon

That's where you're wrong, kiddo.

>>31913127
This could be a good idea except developping such a capability for the anti torpedo would be easy, and it would also need lots of energy to keep doing these dolphin jumps while staying on course and not losing speed, which is incompatible with the way torpedoes currently operate.
Also, if the thing jumps too high it may be vulnerable to automatic canon firing. Water is a good ballistic shield, but only past a certain depth of water.

However this idea of a transition between domains are already widely used in submarines, wheter it be anti ship missiles fired from a torpedo shell, or ballistic fired missile-mounted torpedoes.

>>31913175
>makes it much less likely to hit the target, and still possible to intercept

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>>31913057
The post I am referencing? That post is shit. But the scorn rained down upon that shit post?That is gold.