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Putin announced in 2018 that they had nuclear-powered missiles that can fly almost indefinitely (and also hypersonic cruise missiles, supersonic nuclear torpedo
by wazoox 7y ago
Putin announced in 2018 that they had nuclear-powered missiles that can fly almost indefinitely (and also hypersonic cruise missiles, supersonic nuclear torpedoes, and a couple of other terrifying doom machines). Historically, when the Russians officially disclose the existence of weapon, it's real.
- dvh 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval 370km/h. Under water.
- bitL 7y agoThat's pretty old design. Doesn't China have a supersonic submarine/torpedo now?
- wazoox 7y agoWhen the Kursk went under, there were reportedly Chinese officials onboard. They were almost certainly there to see a demonstration of super-cavitating torpedoes, and it didn't end well. So who knows what they decided afterward.
- wazoox 7y agoThese are old, and one was probably responsible for the Kursk catastrophe many years ago. I'm speaking of high-power, nuclear, "tsunami-making" torpedoes that Putin mentioned in a presentation in March 2018. Nobody knows how these look, however, nor the hypersonic nuclear cruise missile.