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≥ Poseidon system[3] which is a 100mt radioactive tsunami fully autonomous doomsday weapon No where on that page does it say it is automated or carries 100mt.
by jemmyw 4y ago
≥ Poseidon system[3] which is a 100mt radioactive tsunami fully autonomous doomsday weapon
No where on that page does it say it is automated or carries 100mt. The only place it mentions tsunami is where it discredits the idea this weapon could cause one.
- somenameforme 4y agoIt says both of those things... - 100 megaton: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpose_System#Specifications https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpos... - automated: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpose_System#Launch_platforms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpos... The part about it somehow discrediting the idea that detonating a nuclear weapon under the ocean would cause a tsunami is why it's often a good idea to check sources, and not take Wikipedia at face value. From the source they cite: https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-doomsday-weapon-submarine-nuke-2018-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-doomsday-weapon-subma... "A well-placed nuclear weapon of yield in the range 20 MT to 50 MT near a sea coast could certainly couple enough energy to equal the 2011 tsunami, and perhaps much more," Rex Richardson, a physicist who researches nuclear weapons, told Business Insider in March, referring to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people in Japan. "Taking advantage of the rising-sea-floor amplification effect, tsunami waves reaching 100 meters in height" — about 330 feet — "are possible," he said."
- lostlogin 4y agoIf the point is to kill people, a 20-50MT weapon killing just 15,000 people is a pretty dismal failure. The 16kT Hiroshima attack killed about 100,000. We don’t need more inventive ways of killing people, we have plenty of options already.