Sea-based buoyancy type torpedo storage and launch system, torpedo storage and launch apparatus, and buoyant rise type torpedo

A torpedo storage and launch system comprising:

• an anchor body that is installed on a sea floor;
• a hollow cylindrical storage body portion that stores a buoyant rise type torpedo above the anchor body and in a state that can launch the torpedo upward from the sea floor, the buoyant rise torpedo comprising:
• a hollow torpedo main body made of a synthetic resin material;
• a detonation/buoyancy mechanism unit comprising hydrogen gas balloons and oxygen gas balloons for buoyant rise accommodated in an upper portion of the torpedo main body and a fracturing pin that pierces the hydrogen gas balloons and the oxygen gas balloons upon receiving impact force at a time of collision with an attack target;
• an explosive unit that is accommodated in a lower portion of the detonation/buoyancy mechanism unit and set off in response to a reaction of a hydrogen gas and an oxygen gas involved by fracture of the hydrogen gas balloons and oxygen gas balloons;
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• a posture control mechanism unit that is provided in a lower portion of the explosive unit and performs posture control for maintaining a posture of the torpedo main body in a vertical direction;
• a hollow buoyant body portion that has a hollow box-like upper portion, is coupled with an upper end of the storage body portion, has a torpedo launch central opening in an upper surface thereof, has the storage body portion in vertical arrangement upon receiving buoyancy from the seawater, includes an upper portion of the torpedo, and has a distal end of the torpedo facing the central opening side;
• a torpedo launch mechanism unit comprising:
• a slide lid that usually closes the central opening;
• a lid opening actuator mechanism that slides the slide lid and opens the central opening;
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• a launch spring body that biases the torpedo toward the upper side of the central opening;
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• controlling means for performing automatic detection by remote control from a radar station or the like or by using a sonar when a vessel navigates into an unallowed position whereafter said vessel then becomes the attack target, determining an encounter position and an encounter time with respect to the attack target, operating the torpedo launch mechanism unit, opening the central opening, and allowing the torpedo to rise toward the attack target by buoyancy,
• wherein the anchor body includes a spherical or semispherical shape that enables installation of the storage body portion in vertical arrangement and in a stable state by buoyancy of the buoyant body portion, and in accordance with a shape of the sea floor;
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• wherein outer peripheral surfaces of the anchor body, the storage body portion, and the buoyant body portion are made of a material that is reflection resistant to electric waves or acoustic waves.

A buoyant rise type torpedo comprising:

• a hollow torpedo main body made of a synthetic resin material;
• a detonation/buoyancy mechanism unit comprising hydrogen gas balloons and oxygen gas balloons for buoyant rise accommodated in an upper portion of the torpedo main body and a fracturing pin that pierces the hydrogen gas balloons and the oxygen gas balloons upon receiving impact force at a time of collision with an attack target;
• an explosive unit that is accommodated in a lower portion of the detonation/buoyancy mechanism unit and set off in response to a reaction of a hydrogen gas and an oxygen gas involved by fracture of the hydrogen gas balloons and oxygen gas balloons;
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• a posture control mechanism unit that is provided in a lower portion of the explosive unit and performs posture control for maintaining a posture of the torpedo main body in a vertical direction.