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Russia Launches Huge Sub for underwater spy missions
serf
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Looks like a boondoggle project for Putin. With an old hull design and its size a total flop for lingering spy mission.Now for cutting communication cables as a mothership vessel then it may be an asset if the baby sub is long-range. But arming it with nuke torpedoes that travel thousands of miles to take out port cities is insane. It's a one-off sub and a mammoth one at that.
serf
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a27243915/russia-launches-belgorod-the-worlds-longest-submarine/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=042419&src=nl&utm_campaign=16678605
Although built to conduct underwater espionage, by far the most sinister mission for Belgorod is as launch vehicle for the Poseidon nuclear torpedo system. Poseidon is a very large torpedo, 65 feet long and 6.5 feet in diameter, with a range of thousands of miles and a top speed of 60 knots. Poseidon is believed to carry a 2 megaton thermonuclear warhead and is designed to go around U.S. missile defenses to strike coastal targets, including ports and cities. According to HI Sutton Belgorod will carry up to six Poseidon torpedoes.
serf
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a27243915/russia-launches-belgorod-the-worlds-longest-submarine/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=042419&src=nl&utm_campaign=16678605
Although built to conduct underwater espionage, by far the most sinister mission for Belgorod is as launch vehicle for the Poseidon nuclear torpedo system. Poseidon is a very large torpedo, 65 feet long and 6.5 feet in diameter, with a range of thousands of miles and a top speed of 60 knots. Poseidon is believed to carry a 2 megaton thermonuclear warhead and is designed to go around U.S. missile defenses to strike coastal targets, including ports and cities. According to HI Sutton Belgorod will carry up to six Poseidon torpedoes.
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With a hull that was started in 1992, it must sound like a a whale giving birth.
Just one of our quiet hunter/killer subs would stay on her back like a tic on a dog.
Long range,over size nuclear devices such as torpedoes and missiles are a thing of the cold war era.
The nuclear threat today is the suicide bomber walking into a major city with a 38lb.
'nuclear bomb in a suit case.
Or a sea container aboard a cargo ship with a big boomer inside.
600 Soviet nuclear bombs are no longer the worry.....it's the one stolen or bought device that a small country has.
(or any nuclear equipped sub, never thought about that before)
The reactors would be the most "polluting" thing and again would sink fast in the vast waters.
Once reactors go off line, radiation output drops. It's when a reactor {or a bomb} goes into
critical state, that's when radiation is spewed out.
Just don't fish in the deep water for about 10,000 years. :shock:
Use them to move a marine raider battalion or 10th mountain or 82nd airborne or rangers and seals en masse with support equipment (crew served weapons and vehicles)
VTOL jets and helicopters could suddenly pop up as if from nowhere
Combinations of specialized troops and other experts supported by crack troops and equipment
I would like to see and hear more details at some point.
Mike
Those torpedoes are a joke. Thousands of miles at 60 knots? Giving us DAYS of time to hear it, plot it, intercept it, and destroy it. Plus plot back to where it was launched, and return the favor to the sub.
As for 60 knots torpedoes don't we have "lasers"?
Maybe a nuclear-tactical mine with a dolphin delivering it on an aircraft carrier in port would be more believable scenario.
serf
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-navys-combat-dolphins-are-serious-military-assets-2015-3
I think we still have some of the old 1961 MK54 {w54} warheads hidden away someplace.
About 51 pounds weight and 22 tons of TNT strong.
:shock:
Or brought back the blast zone collateral damage value added ICBM targeting selection program that intended to strike the calderas of large volcanoes - to get a little extra bang for their buck...
The shaped charged focal effect applied to nuclear weapons detonation and blast wave propagation always fascinated me...
Sub surface and underwater and zero gravity vacuum environment atomic weapon detonation profiles and supplemental effects is always a fun topic.
Hydrogen bombs and EMP's and variable altitude air burst versus near ground detonation versus bunker busting ground penetrating sub surface (or variable placement depth below or just above water) presents many variable and fun targeting options...
Mike
Please get it right.
It is "Freakin' Sharks with Laser beams on their heads."
PS, How did you like the Coffee? (Via Fat *.)
Well, with all the influx of cash from Little Kim, they are flush. :roll:
(And) It is more like they spent $$ on an Old Sub, with "60 knots, 6 1/2' (diameter) 65' long torpedoes, traveling thousands of miles, in order to take out targets on land."
"Freakin' Sharks with Laser Beams on their heads."
At least you got it..
So,...............................................................You liked the Coffee?
YEAP!!
You must know about military armament.