Posted on 01/19/2018 8:21:57 AM PST by C19fan
The United States new Nuclear Posture Review asserts that Russias Status-6 intercontinental, nuclear-armed undersea autonomous torpedo is a real weapon and could be a genuine threat. Analysts are divided as to how genuine the threat is.
It certainly is a threat U.S. forces will need to take into account, Bryan Clark, a former U.S. Navy submarine officer and current senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
It is large enough to carry a megaton-class nuclear weapon, although the 100 megaton weapon they advertise may be too heavy.
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Ah yes, the old nuclear war by attrition strategy.
Actually, the studies done in the 70s for the resupply of Europe said the most cost effective approach was to buy more targets
The policy during WWII was to build ships faster than the Germans could sink 'em. "Freedom's Forge" said that pre-war, ship building took months to build a freighter. We started launching new Liberty and Victory ships in weeks. Then we sharpened our anti-sub skills and things got better by mid-1943.
How can a torpedo be intercontinental?
5.56mm
[ 100 MT is a massive warhead. The biggest nuke ever exploded was the 50 MT Tsar Bomba. ]
Tsunami Tsarter!
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