Claims
- 1. A torpedo launching system comprising:
- a launch tube having a breech door and a muzzle door;
- an impulse tank constructed of a non-conducting material and having an intake and an exit end, said exit end connected to said launch tube near its breech end;
- a sea chamber for admitting seawater to the torpedo launching system being connected to the intake of said impulse tank on a first end and ported to the sea on a second end;
- seawater electrodes embedded in the inner walls of said impulse tank thereby providing an electric field across the diameter of said impulse tank;
- a cryogenic dewar surrounding said impulse tank providing a low temperature environment cooled by liquid helium; and
- a super-conducting electromagnet located within said dewar and providing an intensified magnetic field across said impulse tank oriented so that a Lorentz force is generated in the seawater within said impulse tank.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for Governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
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