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  2. Wake homing - Wikipedia

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    Wake behind a vessel of the German navy Soviet 53-65K torpedo developed during the Cold War. Wake homing is a torpedo guidance technique based on the wake trajectory left behind a moving target. [1] The torpedo is fired to cross behind the stern of the target ship, through the wake.

  3. Type 53 torpedo - Wikipedia

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    The first Soviet torpedo with passive-homing capability was the SAET-50 (1950), which was an anti-ship weapon used on submarines. The 53-61 was the first Soviet homing torpedo to exceed 40 knots. The 53-65 torpedo family are Russian made, wake-homing torpedoes designed to destroy surface ships. The 53-65 became operational in 1965, while the 53 ...

  4. Type 65 torpedo - Wikipedia

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    Wake homing anti-ship weapon. Operates at 20 m depth. Sensor points upwards to detect the ship's wake, the torpedo sweeps from side to side to find the edges of the wake. 65-76A Kit 100 km. [3] Entered service 1991. [citation needed]

  5. Torpedo - Wikipedia

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    The homing systems for torpedoes are generally acoustic, though there have been other target sensor types used. A ship's acoustic signature is not the only emission a torpedo can home in on; to engage U.S. supercarriers, the Soviet Union developed the 53–65 wake-homing torpedo. As standard acoustic lures can't distract a wake homing torpedo ...

  6. AN/SLQ-25 Nixie - Wikipedia

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    The AN/SLQ-25 Nixie and its variants are towed torpedo decoys used on US and allied warships. It consists of a towed decoy device (TB-14A) and a shipboard signal generator. The Nixie is capable of defeating wake-homing, acoustic-homing, and wire-guided torpedoes. The decoy emits signals to draw a torpedo away from its intended target.

  7. List of World War II torpedoes of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Wake-homing torpedo with acoustic/pressure seeker. Only theoretic planning. Fasan unknown unknown unknown Active acoustic-seeker with Lut-program steering. Lut program active until a ships wake is crossed/detected, upon the acoustic homing would be triggered. Only at planning-stage. Ibis unknown unknown unknown Active wake-homing acoustic-seeker.

  8. Yu-6 torpedo - Wikipedia

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    Yu-6 (鱼-6) torpedo is the Chinese counterpart of the US Mark 48 torpedo, and it is the first domestic Chinese torpedo designed to counter both surface ships and submarines from the very start. Guidance can be by wire, active and passive homing, or wake homing.

  9. Anti-submarine weapon - Wikipedia

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    The development of the FIDO (Mk 24 mine) anti-submarine homing torpedo in 1943 (which could be dropped from aircraft) was a significant contributor to the rising number of German sub sinkings. Hedgehog, a 24-"barreled" anti-submarine mortar, mounted on the forecastle of the destroyer HMS Westcott, 28 November 1945.