During World War II, American submarines were expected to cripple Japan’s empire beneath the Pacific Ocean. Instead, U.S. crews discovered that their own Mark 14 torpedoes were catastrophically ...

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results. On Wednesday, the Pentagon confirmed that the Iranian warship IRIS Dena was ...

Since 1991, Navy subs have launched scores of cruise missiles in combat, but the torpedo attack off Sri Lanka is a return to form after 80 years. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington For the first ...