Shkval

These include new ship-borne cruise missiles and a supersonic torpedo, Shkval, that is unsurpassed in speed and efficiency.

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In that respect the Ghost is similar to a Russian-made torpedo called the "Shkval," or squall, though the underwater portion of the boat's twin hulls are a new design.

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The original Shkval was designed to carry a tactical nuclear warhead detonated by a simple timer clock.

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The Shkval was designed to give Soviet subs with less capable sonar the ability to kill U.S. submarines before U.S. wire-guided anti-sub torpedoes could reach their target.

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There are no evident countermeasures to the Shkval and, according to weapons experts, its deployment by Russian and Chinese naval forces has placed the U.S.

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The 6,000-pound Shkval rocket torpedo has a range of about 7,500 yards and can fly through the water at more than 230 miles an hour.

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The Shkval flies underwater inside a giant “envelope” of gas bubbles in a process called “supercavitation.”

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The Shkval is so fast that it is guided by an autopilot rather than by a homing head as on most torpedoes.

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In late 2000, after the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk, new reports began circulating that the Chinese navy had bought the Shkval torpedo.

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And Anatoly Babkin, a Moscow professor accused of selling state secrets about Russia's high-speed underwater Shkval torpedo to American Edmund Pope (the first American in 40 years to be convicted of espionage in Russia), was pardoned by Putin on health grounds last December, but only after what was widely viewed as a show trial biased in favor of the prosecution.

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