Kaiten were crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.
A Kaiten, Type 1, at the Tokyo Yasukuni War Memorial Museum. The gun in the background is not part of the vessel.
Kaiten Type 1 periscope at the Tokyo Yasukuni War Memorial
A Kaiten Type 1 being trial-launched from the light cruiser Kitakami
A Kaiten Type I at the Tokyo Yasukuni War Memorial Museum
A suicide attack is a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators knowingly sacrifice their own lives as part of the attack. These attacks are often associated with terrorism or military conflicts and are considered a form of murder–suicide. Suicide attacks involving explosives are commonly referred to as suicide bombings. In the context of terrorism, they are also commonly referred to as suicide terrorism. While generally not inherently regulated under international law, suicide attacks in their execution often violate international laws of war, such as prohibitions against perfidy or targeting civilians.
The September 11 attacks, one of the most infamous suicide attacks.
The number of suicide attacks grew enormously after 2000.
Chinese suicide bomber putting on 24 hand grenade-explosive vest prior to attack on Japanese tanks at the Battle of Taierzhuang.
A Japanese Mitsubishi Zero's suicide attack on the USS Missouri (BB-63), April 11, 1945.
