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> since sinking a US aircraft carrier probably means nuclear war. USSR/Russian strategy against air carrier groups are nuclear torpedoes (launched from subs) a
by coolspot 5y ago
> since sinking a US aircraft carrier probably means nuclear war.
USSR/Russian strategy against air carrier groups are nuclear torpedoes (launched from subs) and swarming nuclear cruise missles diving underwater some last mile before impact (launched from ships/subs/coast/heavy bombers).
Also don’t need to hit precisely - miss by couple hundred meters will do too.
- nexuist 5y agoRight, if we've got nukes in the water, who cares about what the on-board reactor is going to do. Whatever happens is certainly not going to be pretty.
- wbl 5y agoThe reactor has a larger fission product and transuranic inventory. It is the more dangerous one over an intermediate timescale after the short lived induced radiation goes away.