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Virginia-class submarines, such as the USS Montana (SSN-794), shown here during sea trials, can carry between 20 and 26 Mk 48 torpedoes. That would be far too few for a war in the western Pacific.

Torpedoes: Get Smaller to Think Bigger

By Lieutenant Commander Patrick Rawlinson, U.S. Navy

March 2024

General Prize Essay Contest—Third Prize. Sponsored by Andrew and Barbara Taylor. Submarines need torpedoes by the dozens—if not hundreds.