Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-1820055-20150701022818/@comment-26574811-20150804101018

Kaiki Deishuu wrote: Fearpils wrote:

The intercept didn't fail though. Taihou still sunk but one torp was stopped from reaching taihou. Wikipedia says the torpedo detonated early. Maybe that means the plane stopped it, maybe not. If they were Mark 14 torpedoes, premature detonation wasn't unheard of. Taihou's Wikipedia page isn't too helpful in determining what exactly happened. Mk14 are for submarines, aircrafts use Mk13.

If the pilot dropped it too early, it will detonate before the target when it runs out of fuel. And torpedoes are unreliable by themselves, sinking, diving in wrong depth, not detonating, premature detonating....all sorts of stuffs.