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Wass: first launch of the new Black Shark Advanced heavyweight torpedo from the SCIRE’ submarine of the Italian Navy

Livorno, Italy - It took place in the La Spezia Gulf

On 28 January 2014 the new Black Shark Advanced (BSA), produced by WASS, a Finmeccanica Company was launched for the first time ever from the submarine SCIRE’. The torpedo launched in “Push Out” mode (water ram expulsion system, which ejects the torpedo by means high waterpressure), was equipped in a totally innovative way, thanks to the new Lithium-Polymer Battery. The launch, called “Shor...

fra/pec - 1158030
Rome, Italy, 01/30/2014 19:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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