Mk. 60 Encapsulated Torpedo (CAPTOR) Mine

The CAPTOR is the United States Navy's primary anti-submarine naval mine. This deep-water mine is laid by ship, aircraft or submarine, and is anchored to the ocean floor. When its sonar detects a hostile submarine, the CAPTOR launches a Mark 46 torpedo.

The name CAPTOR is short for enCAPsulated TORpedo. The CAPTOR was the U.S. Navy's standard anti-submarine mine during the Cold War, having enough computer power to detect the difference in acoustic signature between ships and submarines. When an enemy submarine passes close by, the passive sonar detects it and releases the torpedo, which tracks the sound until it contacts the submarine hull and explodes.

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• anti-submarine
• warfare

[asiri2009]

yep.. same question here.. is the serise available for download?

[jaglavaksoldier]

I've been looking and I haven't found it...

[theGoldenAgeOfBoredo]

like the small vids..where do you get em from?

[jaglavaksoldier]

From the series "Secret Weapons" from 1994

[franknbeans4761]

@Aplonis What exactly do you mean by this? You mean rather than being on the actual sea floor it is anchored to the ground & elevated off the sea floor?

[Aplonis]

The captor was a moored torpedo tube. The video shown here looks more like the PRAM, (primary rocket ascent mine) which launched upwards from the ocean floor as opposed from out of a moored torpedo tube.