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DEATH FROM THE DEEP Putin’s ‘city killer’ 604ft submarine packed with nuke drones capable of triggering tsunami sets sail for the first time
the-sun.com ^ | 6/26/2021 | Jon Lockett

Posted on 06/28/2021 6:39:41 PM PDT by bitt

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To: Captainpaintball

I would take what you post a hell of a lot more seriously if your screen name was not “Captainpaintball”


101 posted on 06/30/2021 7:24:07 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: know.your.why

Yes, it’s possible. The Russians have torpedoes on the world arms market that can go 200+ knots, verifiably. We have no counterpart and no countermeasure (the program was a failure and the installations are now being removed from our carriers).

*However.* It is highly unlikely that the K-329 itself can go 70kts. It can only make about 32 knots on the surface claimed. It does not show signs of having the features or power reserves needed to drive it that fast. I’m going to say that the 70kts figure is a typo or someone got it confused with the things it deploys, like drones, missiles, torpedoes, parasite craft) which can easily go that fast.

Further, speed isn’t everything in a sub. To a certain degree, speed is noise, noise gets you killed in a combat zone. Modern subs *can* go speeds undreamed of in WW2 subs while being quieter than them, but not a silent 70kts (yet.) Those 200+ knot supercavitating torpedoes they have are *extremely* loud for a subsurface weapon and are actually rocket propelled.


102 posted on 06/30/2021 7:53:36 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: LibWhacker

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/Chicxulub/regional-effects/

However, humanity does not have the ability to generate the blast energy required to create a Chicxulub-level tsunami. Large natural tsunamis that we see with some regularity are also beyond man’s ability to reproduce. That said, significant tsunami events can be generated on a local scale with nuclear weapons and those can do significant damage.

It is at least theoretically a viable tactic and has been looked at before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami_bomb


103 posted on 06/30/2021 8:03:04 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: butlerweave

Rising seas will destroy our Navy.


104 posted on 06/30/2021 1:30:10 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: al baby
Duly noted...al baby
105 posted on 06/30/2021 2:08:57 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: AndyJackson
Rising seas will destroy our Navy.

If they rise enough, they can become part of the air force.

106 posted on 06/30/2021 2:10:04 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: Captainpaintball

The submarines have a real problem, if the sea level rises above crush depth. Of course by that point Guam has probably capsized and Alcatraz will have broken loose from its moorings.


107 posted on 06/30/2021 2:16:30 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Candor7

Bismarck.


108 posted on 06/30/2021 3:59:01 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: bagster

I’d had to re-read bc looked like the Deep Sea Rescue Vehicle was called Bagster. lol

https://i.imgflip.com/5ezn10.jpg


109 posted on 07/01/2021 5:10:23 AM PDT by BrandtMichaels ( )
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To: Captainpaintball; kenmcg; All

There is a lot of visible gay and gay pride behavior which is irritating. On the other hand, how should the British have treated the man who solved the Enigma Code which helped win WW2?


110 posted on 07/01/2021 2:44:23 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

There is a lot of visible gay and gay pride behavior which is irritating. On the other hand, how should the British have treated the man who solved the Enigma Code which helped win WW2?

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Told him “thank you”? Give him some kind of medal? How would we have treated,say, a nymphomaniac? Flown a new flag with a giant penis on it?


111 posted on 07/04/2021 9:30:45 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: bitt

Nice sub you got there. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.


112 posted on 07/05/2021 9:03:59 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: know.your.why

Last year Russian divers planted their flag on the bottom at 1000’.

Bless their hearts.

In 1982 American oilfield saturation divers were welding pipelines to nuke plant standards in a dry atmosphere as deep as 1200’ in the North Sea.


113 posted on 07/05/2021 8:23:01 PM PDT by Captain7seas (Don't resist, after all you will get a free shower.)
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To: Spktyr

I would not consider them traditional torpedoes. I recall reading earlier that they were more stealthy underwater autonomous drones. Nuclear powered and nuclear armed. That they would be a loitering munition, parking & hiding themselves off of critical naval ports like Norfolk. Or chokepoints.

I would hope that we have the sensor technology to detect such things and have appropriate countermeasures.


114 posted on 07/13/2021 2:10:07 PM PDT by FreeInWV
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To: FreeInWV

Those programs have been cancelled.


115 posted on 07/14/2021 3:18:44 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: PIF
"So you need to go pronto the the Navy and tell them that based on your expertise that they have nothing to worry about and the Admirals that are worried need to chill, right?"

I get your drift but it does raise questions for us arm chair rambos who never served and have no knowledge of our military's readiness or capabilities. Is the post WW2 American military truly as strong as it claims? Is all the tech prowess all smoke and mirrors? Is all the money spent over the decades done nothing but enrich the MIC? As we incorrectly thought that the military general staff would always side with conservatives and patriots, are we mistaken again about the US military's prowess?

116 posted on 07/18/2021 11:42:44 AM PDT by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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To: buckalfa

us arm chair rambos who never served


Speak for your self -


117 posted on 07/18/2021 1:05:35 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: buckalfa

Is the post WW2 American military truly as strong as it claims? Is all the tech prowess all smoke and mirrors? Is all the money spent over the decades done nothing but enrich the MIC?


We do not know as the US ARMY ans Marines were under such onerous ROEs they could barely fight in Afgan and Iraq. The Navy has a problem with dykes on the bridge and slow moving container ships, also with Admirals enamored with the latest most expensive toys. The Air Force seems to be the only entity that is mostly able to do its job.

All branches with F-35s are saddled with a jet designed by committee, which, still after a decade, suffers with over 800 major flaws - to the extent it is becoming obsolescent, having no BVR defense out 100 miles or more and a magazine with only 216 rounds.

When push comes to shove with China or Russia, there’s no telling what will happen - various people say one thing, others another.


118 posted on 07/18/2021 1:15:38 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Reeses

119 posted on 07/25/2021 2:43:56 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: JohnBrowdie

that could very well be

it also is rather large


120 posted on 07/28/2021 3:10:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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