rocket-assisted torpedo
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rocket-assisted torpedo
[′räk·ət ə¦sis·təd tȯr′pēd·ō] (ordnance)
A torpedo designed to be fired into the air by rocket and to drop into the water by parachute; the torpedo then seeks its underwater target by a special homing device. Abbreviated RAT.
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