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Can a submarine that is deep underwater launch torpedoes? I didn't think so. OTOH, a nuke doesn't need to yield several megatons. First devices were about 20 k
by narag 10y ago
Can a submarine that is deep underwater launch torpedoes? I didn't think so.
OTOH, a nuke doesn't need to yield several megatons. First devices were about 20 kilotons and it's possible to create smaller ones. I'm sure I've seen some video of 1 kiloton bomb. Also, intuitively, it doesn't seem that it would destroy a sub a few miles away looking at Baker test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nWFx-zmI0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nWFx-zmI0k
Around 1:25 there's a brief fragment showing the explosion underwater with the usual expansion-contraction cycle.
- ceejayoz 10y ago> Can a submarine that is deep underwater launch torpedoes? I didn't think so. The maximum depth for a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_48_torpedo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_48_torpedo is estimated at 800 meters.
- vonmoltke 10y ago> Can a submarine that is deep underwater launch torpedoes? I didn't think so. Where did you get this idea from? Submarines can launch torpedoes at whatever depth the torpedo itself can operate at.
- narag 10y agoWhere did you get this idea from? Movies. On second thought, there was some submarine against submarine battle in Red October... most other submarine wartime movies were from WWII, always shooting at boats and at periscope level to aim. Oh, and speaking about wars, relevant nick :-)
- reactor4 10y agoRanger Able was 1kt.