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The Tsar Bomba idea is revived in the Poseidon nuclear very large torpedo which is estimated to have up to 100Mt yield and intended to hit large oceanside citi
by trhway 5y ago
The Tsar Bomba idea is revived in the Poseidon nuclear very large torpedo which is estimated to have up to 100Mt yield and intended to hit large oceanside cities. Interesting that back then Saharov proposed such weapon and was shamed and shut down by the USSR Navy along the lines that "Navy fights enemy forces and is against such a clear attack on civilians". 50+ years later here we're - the Poseidons are put in service. It goes slow and deep - about 30 knots cruise at 1000m depth, beyond detection - and it would take it days to reach the enemy shores from several thousands miles distance, yet the idea here is that it will still come and assure the destruction, pretty much Kubrik style ( or that StarTrek episode where they were trying to stop the large autonomous space torpedo which was on its way to the target).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpose_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpose_...
- s5300 5y agoSlightly off topic... I read about Poseidon a few weeks after it first became public, so it's been a bit now. Do we happen to have any indication as to whether or not the US military/DoD is internally at all seriously scared/concerned about it? I've been anecdotally told by a very old DoD engineer who was somewhat familiar with things - that when the soviets first came out with their heavily armored multi-hull submarines, there was actually great concern about the fact we didn't at the time have technology to ensure two torpedos could near simultaneously hit within the required radius to pierce all the way through. A lot of engineering hours went into making the targeting systems of the torpedos capable of doing so. Or maybe he was full of shit, who knows. It just seems like Poseidon is quite the threat, but we haven't heard too much concern about it yet.