The Canadian government conceded Thursday that its military specialists
led a two-year international effort to buy a Shkval top-secret Russian
torpedo, but denied that their work is connected to the Moscow spy trial of
US citizen Edmond Pope. The rocket-powered torpedoes, which can travel
underwater at speeds said to be as high as 500 kilometres an hour, has the
potential to revolutionize naval warfare. (The National Post, Jan. 5)
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