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[[File:S.M.A.R.T.webm|thumb|300px|[[SMART (missile)|SMART]] (Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo) Launch]]
[[File:Maille-Braize-14.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Malafon]], used by the French Navy between 1966 and 1997, used a rocket-assisted glider to carry a torpedo up to 8 nautical miles (13 km) after launch.]]
[[Depth charge]]s were the earliest weapons designed for use by ships against submerged [[submarine]]s. These explosives were initially dropped as the ship moved over the presumed location of a submarine. Before World War II, shipboard [[sonar]] was unable to maintain contact with a submarine at close range.