Military Weapons The World Didn’t Think Were Possible
Mark 50 Lightweight Torpedo
The MK 50 Lightweight Torpedo was made to replace the U.S. Navy’s MK 46 torpedo. These nuclear missiles go underwater to destroy fast submarines at extreme depths. The MK 50 can launch from the air off anti-submarine aircraft or from the surface on combatant ships.
Nine-and-a-half feet in length, these lightweight torpedos can also dodge any counterfire that may come its way. Here, a MK 50 launches from the USS Bulkeley, a guided missile destroyer based in Norfolk, Virginia in 2004. It was tested to help fight the global war on terrorism.
