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"Submarine Tech" has produced a fleet of quiet submersible vehicles powered by nuclear reactors and capable of continuously operating without provisions for sev

"Submarine Tech" has produced a fleet of quiet submersible vehicles powered by nuclear reactors and capable of continuously operating without provisions for several months, each containing several miniature nuclear missile silos with a missile inside each of which is capable of destroying multiple city-sized targets anywhere on the surface of the Earth on a moment's notice. And that is just the unclassified stuff.

doctorpangloss 7y ago
There are no classified offensive nuclear weapons. Probably no classified launch vehicles. It would defeat the point.
- mirimir 7y ago
  What about the fast neutron enhanced stuff?
- kortilla 7y ago
  That’s a bad assumption because it presumes the only point of weapons at this point is to escalate MAD.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  > There are no classified offensive nuclear weapons. Probably no classified launch vehicles. I'm not sure this is really true. It's widely believed that Israel have classified nuclear weapons and launch vehicles.
  - skummetmaelk 7y ago
    That's only because they're not supposed to have them and announcing it would be an admission. Everybody knows they do though.
    - chrisseaton 7y ago
      > Everybody knows they do though. That's literally what I said.
xwdv 7y ago
I don’t think people understand the scope of what I’m talking about. I’m talking massive submarines the size of cruise ships submerging deep into the water and carrying easily 100 aircraft and 5000 people. And yes a cache of Nuclear Weapons ready to wipe out entire cities if necessary.
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  But... why?
  - groby_b 7y ago
    Because OP needs to compensate via military fantasies?
- normaljoe 7y ago
  The biggest issue with this would be displacement. A underwater vehicle that large would displace enough water that it could be tracked by satellite. It would also be a big enough whole in the water from a sound point of view to be easily tracked. That kind of negates the entire purpose of being hidden.

doctorpangloss 7y ago

There are no classified offensive nuclear weapons. Probably no classified launch vehicles. It would defeat the point.

mirimir 7y ago
What about the fast neutron enhanced stuff?
kortilla 7y ago
That’s a bad assumption because it presumes the only point of weapons at this point is to escalate MAD.
chrisseaton 7y ago
> There are no classified offensive nuclear weapons. Probably no classified launch vehicles. I'm not sure this is really true. It's widely believed that Israel have classified nuclear weapons and launch vehicles.
- skummetmaelk 7y ago
  That's only because they're not supposed to have them and announcing it would be an admission. Everybody knows they do though.
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    > Everybody knows they do though. That's literally what I said.

xwdv 7y ago

I don’t think people understand the scope of what I’m talking about. I’m talking massive submarines the size of cruise ships submerging deep into the water and carrying easily 100 aircraft and 5000 people. And yes a cache of Nuclear Weapons ready to wipe out entire cities if necessary.

ceejayoz 7y ago
But... why?
- groby_b 7y ago
  Because OP needs to compensate via military fantasies?
normaljoe 7y ago
The biggest issue with this would be displacement. A underwater vehicle that large would displace enough water that it could be tracked by satellite. It would also be a big enough whole in the water from a sound point of view to be easily tracked. That kind of negates the entire purpose of being hidden.