''Futlyar'' (''Fizik-2'') is a Russian deep-water homing

torpedo A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, such ...

tested by the

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in 2017; it entered service in the same year. Developed by the Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Marine Engineering and produced by the Dagdizel Machine-Building Factory, it will replace the UGST (''Fizik-1''.) ''Futlyar'' is a wire-guided, combustion-driven torpedo with a top speed about and a maximum depth capability of more than . It would be able to hit targets at a range of about . It will first equip the new '' Borei'' and ''Yasen'' classes of

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