"FIRE ONE!"
Posted on 04/29/2026 6:21:17 PM PDT by Red Badger
USS-Scorpion: Two Nuclear Torpedoes Still Sit 3,000 Meters Down — And Nobody Can Retrieve Them
In May 1968, USS Scorpion vanished without warning in the Atlantic Ocean — taking 99 men and two nuclear torpedoes to the bottom. Found months later at 3,000 meters depth, the wreck has never been touched. Decades later, the cause of her sinking remains officially unsolved, and those warheads still sit on the ocean floor today.
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It was quick. At 3000+ psi there is no suffering..........
Just tell the Biden’s that the torpedoes are wrapped in large amounts of white powder. They’ll figure out a way.
This is Way stupid. Totally NOT unsolved: “Blind Man’s Bluff” ..
Last time I checked, there are at least 50 missing nuclear weapons around the world.
That’s what they say. Probably plants all over. Hooked up to “bouncing betty” like delivery system?
Just a conjecture, but would not be surprised.
Sounds like a task for Dirk Pitt and NUMA.
R.I.P. Clive
They didn’t have any problem getting the Playstation controlled sub looking for the Titanic. Just hire those guys and go get them.
I’ve just done some quick research. There seems to be consensus that deep water is a good protection against radiation. If the nuclear vessel or submarine is in shallow water, some leakage could reach the surface. Deep water is not a problem. There are several sunken nuclear submarines, no ecological impact. You can have the entire Chernobyl at that depth and nothing would happen. Totally safe for ever.
"FIRE ONE!"
One of my all-time favorite movies ... another, with Richard Widmark, “The Long Ships”.
The US Navy monitors the site frequently for “activity”...or so I am told.
And not just radio-”activity”. Anyone snooping around.
Agreed. Great movie.
I am going to check out “The Long Ships”...thanks!
“Didn’t know there was such a thing.”
They had them but phased them out. The U.S. withdrew its last nuclear torpedo, the Mark 45 (ASTOR), from service in 1977. Modern U.S. submarines rely on advanced conventional, high-explosive torpedoes like the Mark 48.
The U.S. and Soviet navies developed nuclear torpedoes during the Cold War (1950s–1970s) primarily to destroy high-speed, deep-diving nuclear submarines and aircraft carrier groups that were difficult to hit with conventional weapons. These weapons guaranteed a “kill” against, or massive damage to, hardened targets even with a near-miss. They were literally an underwater “shotgun blast”.
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Huh? It would easily be diluted. You could probably release nuclear waste into the depths of the ocean and it would dissipate, but the environmentalists would go ape about it.
Nobody has retrieved them yet...
Making an enemy carrier disappear. Carriers need as many as ten conventional torpedoes for sinking.
Ah, The Bedford Incident. A cliff hanger when I saw it.
actually, it’s the battery that powers the detonator. The battery is kept under high security until installed just before a nuke is fired.
Do the research - it would not be nearly what you claim as far as impact
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