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That's not how this works. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29117947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29117947
by smileysteve 5y ago
That's not how this works.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29117947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29117947
- throwaway4good 5y agoOne thing is the nuclear engine that drives the boat, another is what sort of weaponry it had on board. Judging from the public available pictures the damage was substantial creating the possibility of some sort of Thule airbase scenario. That the US sent out their sniffer planes is public record as they were carrying trackers that allowed open source observers to see them. I think it is a very serious story that has gotten hardly any coverage in the western media. https://mobile.twitter.com/SCS_PI/status/1454692456449003522 https://mobile.twitter.com/SCS_PI/status/1454692456449003522
- cbm-vic-20 5y agoThis was not a ballistic missile sub, it's an attack sub designed to take out other ships. According to the Wikipedia article about this type of sub, it can carry cruise missiles, but the current arsenal doesn't have nuclear warheads on them.