{
  "id": 6595556,
  "title": "US Navy plans compact Silent Anvil torpedo as China’s submarine fleet surges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/us-navy-plans-compact-silent-anvil-torpedo-as-chinas-submarine-fleet-6595556",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T14:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3367069/us-navy-plans-compact-silent-anvil-torpedo-chinas-submarine-fleet-surges"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As China expands its submarine fleet, the US Navy is looking to develop a compact air-launched torpedo that could enable more crewed and uncrewed aircraft to attack submarines from farther away. The US Naval Air Systems Command issued a request for information – a step towards development – to industry in late August for the Silent Anvil Air-Launched Torpedo (SAA-LT). While air-launching a…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US Navy plans compact Silent Anvil torpedo as China’s submarine fleet surges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/us-navy-plans-compact-silent-anvil-torpedo-as-chinas-submarine-fleet",
        "published": "2026-09-10T14:00:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}