The National Interest

MK 48 Stealth Torpedoes Are the U.S. Navy’s Deadliest Weapon

The upgraded MK 48 Mod 7 torpedo variant will arm the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines with a longer-range, more lethal, and more capable conventional weapon.
The National Interest

Mk 48 Torpedoes Will Give the Navy’s Newest Submarines All the Firepower They Need

As the top-tier Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine program surges forward with keel laying and additional production, the high-priority platforms have been tasked with ensuring ...
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The U.S. Navy's Mark 48 Heavy Torpedo Is Unstoppable

Ask any ship captain what he fears the most in combat, and the answer will probably be submarines. Ever since subs became operationally viable, they have proved to be a menace for surface combatants ...
Jane's Information Group

DOT&E finds modified Mk 48 torpedoes operationally suitable and effective

A Pentagon report confirms the effectiveness of modified Mk 48 torpedoes. (US Department of Defense) The US Navy's modified Advanced Processor Build (APB) 5+ Mk 48 torpedo is “operationally effective ...
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Cold War U.S. Navy Nearly Armed Its Frigates With Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes

There was a time when elements of the U.S. Navy appreciated the complexity, effort, duration, and assets anti-submarine warfare, or ASW, demanded of a fleet. Expecting to fight a blue-water war-at-sea ...
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L3Harris to offer US Navy tethered torpedo for Mk 48 Mod 8

L3Harris has verified the design of a fiber-optic cable tether that connects a torpedo to its origin submarine, providing a ...