Posted on 06/28/2021 6:39:41 PM PDT by bitt
RUSSIA'S "city killer" submarine has set sail for the first time packed with nuclear drones capable of triggering monster tsunamis.
The 604ft Belgorod - which is twice the size of the Royal Navy's Astute-class attack subs - reportedly took to the sea for the first time on Friday.
The 14,700-tonne war machine bristles with nuclear-tipped underwater drone torpedoes - each guided by artificial intelligence.
The secretive launch came after Vladimir Putin's navy vowed to sink British warships the next time they sail too close to Crimea.
The war talk followed a face-off in the Black Sea where HMS Defender was accused of making a "deliberate provocation" by the Kremlin as it entered waters deemed to be Russian territory.
Experts fear the Belgorod's huge torpedoes could be detonated underwater sparking 300ft high waves which could devastate coastal cities.
The giant sub is reportedly operated on behalf of the nation's secretive Main Directorate of Undersea Research and is thought to be fitted with up to eight nuclear-armed torpedoes.
Each of the 79ft weapons is capable of carrying warheads with an explosive power of two megatons.
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I would take what you post a hell of a lot more seriously if your screen name was not “Captainpaintball”
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.
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
Rising seas will destroy our Navy.
If they rise enough, they can become part of the air force.
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.
Bismarck.
I’d had to re-read bc looked like the Deep Sea Rescue Vehicle was called Bagster. lol
https://i.imgflip.com/5ezn10.jpg
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?
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?
Nice sub you got there. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.
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.
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.
Those programs have been cancelled.
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?
us arm chair rambos who never served
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Speak for your self -
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?
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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.
that could very well be
it also is rather large
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