Posted on 11/23/2016 1:44:39 PM PST by drewh
Russia is developing a secret nuke train, which can travel 1,500 miles in a day towards Putin's enemies before launching rockets. The trains, packed with ballistic missiles, will be disguised as ordinary passenger or freight trains, making them virtually impossible to identify.
Chilling test footage shows the trains can be stopped in their tracks at a moment's notice to deploy the huge rocket launchers. It sounds like something from a James Bond film, but the trains are one step closer to being put into use, following a successful test launch on missiles for the Barguzin 'railway-based combat rocket system', carried out at the Plesetsk cosmodrome two weeks ago.
The stealth mobile weapons platforms, which carries six Yars or Yars-M thermonuclear ICBMs and their command units, are expected to come into operation between 2018 and 2020. The menacing missiles carry four huge 250 kiloton warheads each, and have a range as long as 6,800 miles.
The missiles are normally launched from the road, but the nuke trains mean they will be able to travel further in much less time. The 'undetectable' deadly trains will be poised to strike at a moment's notice on the dawn of World War 3. Russian defence expert Victor Murakhovsky said the new trains would prove to be a 'sheer nightmare' for foreign spies.
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Apparently the rail nukes are exempt from the treaty.
"The treaty does not cover rail-mobile ICBM launchers because neither party currently possesses such systems. ICBMs on such launchers would be covered under the generic launcher limits, but the inspection details for such systems would have to be worked out between the parties if such systems were reintroduced in the future"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_START
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Okay so what happens when some drunk, stoned or sleep-deprived truck driver gets nailed by one of these trains at a level crossing?
I guess nobody in Europe will ever know.
Ha, good ole’ willie.
In an event nuclear weapons are to be used, who in sam hell cares...target all of their trains.
>>I wonder how far trains can go with gaps in the track every 25 miles?<<
Great point.
There was also a plan to put MX missiles in rail cars:
“Retired Peacekeeper rail garrison car prototype at the USAF National Museum.”
You are quite right. Back around 1988, I worked for the company which fabricated the roof of those rail cars. The roof was made of many layers of composite material and was extremely difficult to manufacture. Eventually, the project was cancelled due to defense budget cuts.
Oh, man...a week old...
I liked the animation and intro but that’s about it.
Not impractical operational wise. We have the technology to design and make such system operational. But keep in mind Russia is a very large country with 6 time zones, which is twice as many as United States. There are hundreds, if not thousands of trains running at any one time, mostly with all civilian passengers. Russia has the longest rail tracks in the world.
To blow up all passenger trains along with one nuclear warheads carrying train will kill more civilians than were killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It will be the worst public relations disaster. That is why it is 100% impractical. Russia has more deliverable nuclear warheads than United States. Can you even imagine the retaliation?
Thanks. And if youvthink about it, how many trains could use the track at the same time?
They would be housed somewhere.
Prime targets for an early strike.
My step dad flew the real nuclear plane - all TS at the time - in the late 50s early 60s. I cannot remember the details exactly but I believe that it towed a glider with troops.
And the train can go 85 kilometers in an hour! In Russia!
When it goes nuclear PR will be the last thing to take care of.
That's where Putin's plan turns into a nightmare for Russia. The U.S. will target all conceivable routes.
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