MK-48 can only achieve half the ambition of the US military.

MK-48 can only achieve half the ambition of the US military.

As far as the navy is concerned, whether it is a surface ship or an underwater submarine force, the United States is well-deserved first in the world. The strong military strength of the US military has become the basis for them to dominate the world. According to Vietnamese media reports, the US Navy has installed an MK-48 torpedo, which should have represented the improvement of the US Navy's combat capability, but the Vietnamese gave different views.

The US Navy has officially equipped an upgraded version of the specially designed MK-48 torpedo. It is reported that this new version can carry multiple warheads, which greatly improves the guidance ability and launch speed, and also upgrades the brand-new electronic system. Therefore, the US Navy has placed very high expectations on this torpedo.

However, the Vietnamese say that they can only achieve half of the ambitions of the US military. Why? However, the Russian side holds a negative attitude towards this. They said that this new MK-48 not only can scare some small foreign countries that know nothing, but also poses little threat to big countries like China and Russia.

At least for Russia, after all, the maximum range of this advanced torpedo is only 5 kilometers. It can be said that this is also the biggest Achilles heel of MK-48, but if we consider the superiority of American submarines, maybe the problem of 5 km range can actually be solved.

As we all know, all submarines in the United States are nuclear-powered submarines, which are also the quietest underwater. With this super-high mute performance, it can track local warships and launch attacks in unexpected places without anyone knowing. In fact, perhaps because of this, Vietnamese people will say that MK-48 can only achieve half of the ambitions of the US military.

It can be known from the report that the US Navy's $65.438+0223 billion Columbia-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine project had problems. During the construction process, cracks were found in the missile launch tubes. Later, through investigation, it was found that all the required 654.38+02 missile launch tubes had welding problems.

It is precisely because of this that the ability of the United States to weld such launch tubes has been questioned. After all, the same problem may happen to the torpedo tube. When it comes to which country has made good achievements in welding technology, China, who has won the World Welding Skills Competition for many times, has shown his right to speak.

It has been reported in the news that many welders in China immigrated to the west directly with excellent welding technology. So some people say, "The ambition of the other half of the US Navy may depend on China." Of course, this is just a joke.

More importantly, the maximum range of 5 kilometers is indeed the fatal weakness of MK-48, which alone can restrict the development of the combat power of American underwater submarines. For the United States, there is no difference between an ambition that can only be achieved by half and an ambition that cannot be achieved. Therefore, it seems that the US Navy really has a long way to go when the actual deployment of the aircraft carrier is delayed and the destroyer disappears.