Surface-to-underwater missile/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Surface-to-underwater missile.

A means of launching an antisubmarine torpedo from a surface ship, often by an unguided rocket booster, moving it at greater speed and range than possible for a torpedo in the water, and releasing the guided torpedo over the approximate location of the target