Here’s What You Need to Remember: Imagine the sudden revelation of a weapon that can suddenly go six times faster than its predecessors. The shock of such a breakthrough system would turn an entire ...

The Shkval rocket torpedo has an impressive reputation. Torpedoes are fearsome weapons, but they rarely (if ever) capture the public’s imagination like the Shkval has. Its incredible speed, novel ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union placed heavy reliance on its submarine fleet to negate America’s advantage in naval forces. The U.S. Navy was not only tasked to help protect the flow of ...

In 1977 the Soviet Navy adopted a torpedo that could travel underwater at a speed of 200 knots or 370 km/h. Still cloaked in secrecy, the Shkval or Squall came to broad public attention during a spy ...

March 20 (UPI) --Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's state-owned defense manufacturer, test fired its Shkval and Stilet combat modules built for infantry fighting vehicles. The tests were conducted at military ...

Key Points and Summary - The Soviet-era VA-111 Shkval was a "near-unstoppable" torpedo that used supercavitation to "fly" through water at 200+ knots, enveloping itself in a gas bubble to eliminate ...

May 29, 2016: Ukraine has modified its Shkval RWS (remote weapons station) to be used on older BMP-1 IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicles). BMP-1 is a 1960s era design that is still in service in part ...

The fastest airplane to ever take flight was the SR-71 spy plane, which was capable of traveling over 2,000 mph. The fastest-ever car was Thrust SSC, which holds the land-speed record of 760 mph. And ...

The 47th Separate Mechanised Brigade Magura has shown how the soldiers of the Special Battalion Shkval (Squall) have proved their efficiency and motivation on the battlefield on the Pokrovsk front.