It would have problems if it were a torpedo designed to hit a submarine. If it was a torpedo designed to hit a stationary object on the sea floor, much more possible. Pipelines or undersea cables don’t dodge. No need for propulsion. Gravity would do. You would use inertial guidance rather than GPS and use a low powered sonar only at the end. You could install a big warhead.thomasglee wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03, 2022 7:05 pmAnother viewpoint.
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The problem would be time to develop such a thing. Someone would have had to start designing and building the thing a while ago. There might be a desire to hide that you have it that would result in your not wanting to land in Britain. Even then, this guy noted those planes were in the air at the right time and place. The operation was put out there. Releasing the device might also be done with less security risk by releasing it from a boat or sub.
Not the most likely of theories, but not to be ignored. I still like the incompetent (or lack of) maintenance theory a bit more. It will become clearer once the locals get close enough to the breaks to determine if the wrecking force was from an external device or something internal to the pipe which manifested at a corner. If the latter, the finger will be pointed at the Russians, and they might as well admit it now.