On 10/18/2014 4:36 AM, Richard Aiken wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Andrew Long <xxxxxx@mac.com
> <mailto:xxxxxx@mac.com>> wrote:
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>     . . . Cut the wires! . . .
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>
> I understood the rest, but the above bit threw me. Are they disarming a
> bomb while making a torpedo run?

Torpedoes (and anti-tank missiles, etc) are sometimes controlled,
post-launch, by a wire that's spooled out back to the launcher.  Out to
the length of the wire, it allows for mid-flight/terminal guidance by
the controller which is secure and unjammable.

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