If you look at the quote, it seems to be indicating that when the weapon is used in short combat range, the torpedo detonates a conventional, armor piercing warhead with a yield of ten tons. The first reason is that I think the sentence designates the armor piercing bit to the ten ton yield only "When used in short-range combat the torpedo detonates a conventional, armour piercing warhead with a yield of 10 tons and a maximum blast yield of only 25 megatons in long-range combat." 459/page-7 ) that both variations of the yield are armor piercing, that is to say, all focus their yield in one direction.
At close range, the warhead appears to make use of a 10 ton yield, while at longer range, this is bumped up to 25 megatons. To Alpha 15, as well as access hatchways and ladders Machinery, Bravo 6 is nearly identical to Bravo 5 in all Small, the weapon’s ability to accelerate at nearly 20 While the dual warheads found on the ion torpedo are Warhead with a yield of 10 tons (the equivalent of a 20thĬentury Davy Crockett fission bomb) and a maximumīlast yield of only 25 megatons in long-range combat. The torpedo detonates a conventional, armour piercing Was to minimise an opponent’s ability to target and shoot The reason for the torpedoīeing designed to reach maximum velocity so quickly Weapons featured aboard the Hyperion but its tacticalĮffectiveness is centred on its high rate of acceleration, The ion torpedo is one of the most deadly Hull and shift to either port or starboard and the weapon To fire, at which time the hidden doors recede into the Torpedo bay doors remain sealed until the weapon is ready This deck houses the main torpedo launch tubes.