The British have chosen new weapons for their patrol p-8 Poseidon-Torped Sting Ray

It is a light torpedo that is designed to defeat a wide range of underwater goals. Her cumulative charge warhead when hit creates a directional stream of molten metal, which burns the body, destroying the target. The UK Ministry of Defense has chosen the Sting Ray of British production as its future torpedo potential for the P-8 POSEIDON maritime patrol aircraft. Along with this torpedo, the planes will continue to operate a light American torpedo MK54.

This was reported on November 30 by the Royal Air Force press service. "The Sting Ray Mod 1 integration program on Poseidon is in the implementation stage, and this will give the United Kingdom a powerful and independent torpedo potential that ensures the flexibility of the Poseidon fleet," the message reads.

It is noted that the light-flowing torpeda of Sting Ray Mod 1, which is in service with the UK Navy, designed to defeat fast submarines, which are deeply immersed in and operating in the ocean environment, as well as quiet submarines in coastal waters. It is able to integrate into surface and air platforms. Sting Ray is equipped with a complex acoustic self -esteem and a high -precision navigation system, and can detect, classify, and attack goals autonomously.

In this case, the torpedo has little cost and does not require "obsessive maintenance" throughout the life. BAE Systems experts, Sting Ray developers, specified that this torpedo was created on the basis of the previous version of the MOD 0 torpedo, it received a new water -location system, a warhead, navigation system, battery system.