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Surely nuclear submarines must dump their heat into the surrounding water - it has to go somewhere?
by arethuza 7y ago
Surely nuclear submarines must dump their heat into the surrounding water - it has to go somewhere?
- throwanem 7y agoSure. But the concern isn't about whether or not a nuclear-powered vessel can be identified as such; that information isn't really concealed, you'll have it as part of the same documentation that lets you ID a ship or submarine by class. The concern is about what happens when somebody drops a couple of mortar bombs on your land-based microreactor, or sets off a buried IED under it, or drives a VBIED into it.
- nradov 7y agoYes but water makes a very effective heat sink.