K731 White Shark
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K731 White Shark K731 백상어 중어뢰 | |
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Type | Heavyweight dual-purpose ASW and ASuW torpedo |
Place of origin | South Korea |
Service history | |
Used by | ![]() |
Production history | |
Designer | Agency for Defense Development LG Innotek |
Designed | 1995 |
Manufacturer | LIG Nex1 |
Produced | 2004- |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,100 kg |
Length | 6 m |
Width | 0.48 m |
Operational range | 30 km |
Maximum speed | 35+ knots (63+ km/h) |
Launch platform | Submarine |
K731 White Shark (Korean: 백상어; RR: Baek-sang-eo) heavy torpedo is a submarine-launched torpedo developed by the Republic of Korea Navy in 2004. Production was delayed for a year after a program error in the guidance system resulted in 2 failed tests in 2003. This glitch was fixed while developing the lighter-weight Blue Shark torpedo. Production cost for each torpedo is at about 950 million won (US$790,000).
See also
[edit]- K745 Blue Shark
- K745A1 Red Shark
- K761 Tiger Shark
- Republic of Korea Navy
- List of torpedoes
- List of torpedoes by country