Drak_is_Right t1_iuepzvg wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:37 PM

I wonder if it would be possible for Ukraine to get some actual torpedoes into range of these ships

otas1 t1_iuff01d wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:26 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kronstadt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=temgmfPL1tE

Don't know if the same would still work. But seeing them being able to get drones in I could also see a real possibility for getting torpedo boats in.

stay_fr0sty t1_iufgpv0 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:39 PM

If they can fly a drone there, I’m sure they could get an unmanned boat to follow the drone’s signal.

Technically I think it would be possible. I’m not sure of the barriers that prevent it.

wehooper4 t1_iufj3og wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:55 PM

They used drone boats.

But fitting one of those drone boats with a real torpedo would very much fuck up the Russian fleet there.

PrimarySwan t1_iufd4yy wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:13 PM

Would be kind of a suicide mission but they could charge into Sevastapol with a torpedo boat.

djsizematters t1_iug15rj wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:12 AM

Or like... a remote controlled torpedo?

PrimarySwan t1_iugbswu wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:36 AM

Sure they just did something similar with a surface drone. Long range propulsion is tough for a torpedo though, unless it's just below the surface and has snorkel like WWII U-boats to power a diesel.

Normal torpedoes don't have hundreds of km range, maybe a few dozen.