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| has gloss | (noun) a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane aerial torpedo |
| has gloss | eng: The aerial torpedo, airborne torpedo or air-dropped torpedo is a naval weapon, the torpedo, designed to be dropped into water from an aircraft (fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter) after which it propels itself to the target. First used in World War I, air-dropped torpedoes were used extensively in World War II, and remain in limited use today. Aerial torpedoes are generally smaller and lighter in weight than submarine- and surface-launched torpedoes. |
| lexicalization | eng: aerial torpedo |
| lexicalization | eng: Air dropped torpedo |
| lexicalization | eng: Air-dropped torpedo |
| lexicalization | eng: Airborne torpedo |
| subclass of | (noun) armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target torpedo |
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| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: letecké torpédo |
| Hungarian | |
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| lexicalization | hun: légi bomba |
| lexicalization | hun: légi torpedó |
| lexicalization | hun: légi akna |
| Japanese | |
| has gloss | jpn: 航空魚雷（こうくうぎょらい、英: aerial torpedo）は、航空機（固定翼機やヘリコプター）から投下できるように設計された魚雷（海戦用の兵器）。第一次世界大戦で初めて使用され、第二次世界大戦で広範囲に使用された。現代では、かなりの部分が巡航ミサイルに取って代わられた。航空魚雷は、一般的に潜水艦用や水雷艇用の魚雷よりも小型軽量である。 |
| lexicalization | jpn: 航空魚雷 |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 공중 어뢰) |
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| similar | e/Aerial torpedo |
| Media | |
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| media:img | 1915 Aerial torpedo.jpg |
| media:img | Kate B5N1 Akagi dummy torpedo.jpg |
| media:img | Lynx mk46.jpg |
| media:img | Sopwith Cuckoo.jpg |
| media:img | Type 91 torpedo.JPG |
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