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by Klaus23 4 days ago
Torpedoes are usually steered using fibre-optic wires, like the fibre-optic drones in Ukraine today, so there is no need for problematic low-frequency radio.
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Terminal homing phase sub-torpedo drone swarm use case for this ? ;-)
As funny as your comment sounds, I wouldn't rule out the Ukrainians actually doing it. At least for sea+air and air+air, sub-drones are already a reality.
Yeah, there is at least one case where they (critically ?) damaged a Kilo class submarine using an underwater drone last year:

https://en.defence-ua.com/news/why_damaged_russian_kilo_clas...