Soviet 53-65K torpedo developed during the Cold War
The torpedo is fired to cross behind the stern of the target ship, through the wake. As it does so, it uses sonar to look for changes in the water caused by the passage of the ship, such as small air bubbles. When these are detected, the torpedo turns toward the ship. It then follows a zig-zag course, turning when it detects the outer edge of the wake, to keep itself in the wake while moving forward. This will eventually bring it to the stern of the ship, where its warhead can do the most damage to propulsion and steering.
Advantages and disadvantages
The system is difficult to jam, but it can be distracted by other ships crossing the wake. In 2013, the US Navy tested prototypes of a system known as the Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT),[2] which had been designed to intercept and destroy the incoming torpedo. Deployment of the system did not proceed as planned due to performance issues.[3]
The main disadvantage of wake homing is that the course taken to the target is not direct and may be far from optimal, as it mimics the target's own trajectory from the point of wake's interception onward. As the torpedo's remaining distance always increases hand-in-hand with the distance made by the vessel itself, this necessitates the torpedoes to have a significantly higher speed and longer range than normal.
Also, being an active method, sonar wake homing gives up the torpedo position. This is why it is usually supplemented by passive methods, such as thermal and refractometric wake detection. Thermal wake detection centers on locating changes in water temperature in the ship's wake. Refractometric detection senses minute changes in the water's refraction index due to cavitation bubbles and such.
Examples
Type 53-65 (and later 53-65K and 53-65KE/TT-3) — the first mass-produced wake homing Soviet torpedo; in use with some operators of the Soviet Kilo-class submarines such as China, India, or Vietnam.[2]
^Kim, Dae Hyuk; Kim, Nakwan; Cho, Hyeonjin; Kim, Su Yong (2014-10-22). "A guidance logic development for wake homing guidance system (ICCAS 2014)". 2014 14th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS 2014). Gyeonggi-do, South Korea: IEEE: 190–194. doi:10.1109/ICCAS.2014.6987984. ISBN978-89-93215-07-6. S2CID 16735317.
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