Mk. 48 Torpedo

Developed from the earlier Mk 48 Mod. 5, the ADCAP (for ADvanced CAPability) was designed to provide a general-purpose torpedo for US submarines that could deal with both surface targets and high speed, deep diving Soviet submarines. It utilizes a microprocessor-controlled seeker head, which can provide data back to the firing submarine through a set of guidance wires. It also has an advanced beam-forming seeker head, which makes it among the "smartest" of torpedoes in the world today. It's 60+ knot speed gives it a comfortable speed advantage against all surface and submarine platforms, and is considered a "silver bullet" among the submariners of the world. The British Spearfish has similar performance and characteristics.