Human torpedo Kaiten

Human torpedo Kaiten

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2011 shows the head of the human torpedo Kaiten, which is on exhibit at a city cultural center in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Kaiten is the former Imperial Japanese Navy's suicide attack weapon, a regular torpedo remodeled to allow space for a soldier and automatically launch from a submarine to attack an enemy ship.

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  • 2011/11/17 00:00:00
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