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2018-03-02 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin claims Russia now has nuclear-powered missiles with unlimited range. Perfect! They can launch 360 around the globe and blow their own asses up!

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-03-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10325 views ] Top

#1 "nuclear-powered cruise missiles"

Nuclear powered, not nuclear tipped. Nuclear powered would create unlimited range but how would that work?

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-03-02 09:59|| 2018-03-02 09:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Anything that can achieve orbit has "unlimited" range.

Posted by Iblis 2018-03-02 10:48|| 2018-03-02 10:48|| Front Page Top

#3 All it takes is a little creative hacking of their guidance software and you could have a jolly time watching all the fun and they frantically began pushing self destruct/abort buttons on a zillion rubles worth of hardware.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-02 11:14|| 2018-03-02 11:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Look, I know he's a little peeved at his Wagner boys getting their asses blown to hell ... but nuking Disney World?

Posted by 3dc 2018-03-02 12:54|| 2018-03-02 12:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Nuclear powered would create unlimited range but how would that work?

Why fusion of course.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-02 16:19|| 2018-03-02 16:19|| Front Page Top

#6 ... but nuking Disney World?

Have you ever stood in line for Its a Small World ride for an hour? You would understand.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2018-03-02 16:22|| 2018-03-02 16:22|| Front Page Top

#7 I have and I do.

Posted by Ebbolurt Glaique8276 2018-03-02 16:24|| 2018-03-02 16:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Skidmark, how does one convert the raw power into propulsion? Rockets and jet engines require fuel of some type. Propellers? Super-heating air?

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-03-02 16:29|| 2018-03-02 16:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Putin is grandstanding.

Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft

Each ejected bomb was surrounded by its propellant which would vaporize in the explosion and act as exhaust gas.

Posted by Ebbolurt Glaique8276 2018-03-02 16:45|| 2018-03-02 16:45|| Front Page Top

#10 A nuclear aircraft would work like a jet engine instead of heating air with petrol combustion it would use the heat from the reactor. Quite a bit of work was done on it in the 1950's. My dad worked at the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Division (ANPD) of General Electric and said that at the end it would still have needed a runway as long as Nevada to take off. Until a family tour day, I thought he worked at a food store. Then we got to go in and look into the reactor. Surprised I could have children. Seems like you could get away with a lot less shielding in a missile, but it would still need to be kept in a lot of lead until used. Knowing Russian safety concerns, I wouldn't want to one of the guys loading it on an aircraft or the pilot.

Posted by Anguper Angearong6845 2018-03-02 19:22|| 2018-03-02 19:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Rumor was we built a nuke powered bomber in the late 40s. Rumor went on that it only had shielding facing the crew cabin. I flew once the crew got off and it was too radioactive to approach again. It's supposed to be in a hanger with other mistakes on a Idaho desert.

Posted by 3dc 2018-03-02 20:34|| 2018-03-02 20:34|| Front Page Top

#12 3dc, that's bs.

Posted by Anguper Angearong6845 2018-03-02 21:23|| 2018-03-02 21:23|| Front Page Top

#13 I believe shielding does not respect direction.

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