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2022-10-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian nuclear submarine armed with 'doomsday' weapon disappears from Arctic harbor: report
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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 Russian nuclear military train is seen on the move in 'possible warning to the West' that Putin is prepared to escalate his Ukraine war
Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-03 15:15||   2022-10-03 15:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Putin 'deploys Belgorod nuclear submarine which carries Poseidon underwater drone capable of unleashing radioactive tsunamis which lay waste to enemy coastlines'
Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-03 15:17||   2022-10-03 15:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Former CIA director David Petraeus warns that the US and its allies would DESTROY Russia's troops in Ukraine and sink its Black Sea fleet if Putin uses nuclear weapons - and radiation could drift into NATO countries
Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-03 15:41||   2022-10-03 15:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, they can't be thinking of using their "doomsday" device against the Ukraine coast, as it would cause a big mess for them too. If they use it anywhere else - it causes a big mess for them too.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-10-03 15:46||   2022-10-03 15:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd be keeping an eye on North Sea oil and gas wells.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-10-03 17:33||   2022-10-03 17:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Bet it has a stalker real soon.
Posted by magpie 2022-10-04 02:00||   2022-10-04 02:00|| Front Page Top

#7 The Poseidon (Russian: Посейдон, "Poseidon", NATO reporting name Kanyon), previously known by Russian codename Status-6 (Russian: Статус-6), is an autonomous, nuclear-powered, and nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle under development by Rubin Design Bureau, capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear payloads.

The Poseidon warhead can contaminate a large area with radiation. For this purpose, the Poseidon is speculated to be equipped with a cobalt bomb.[22][23] The Poseidon could be a radiological second strike weapon.[24][25]

Normal (not salted) thermonuclear weapons cause radioactive fallout primarily through neutron activation of material at the detonation site. Unless the detonation happens at low depths in shallow waters, an underwater detonation will have its fallout greatly reduced, except for at the surface immediately above, near the base surge. Much of the radioactivity will be deposited in the sea, and be carried by ocean currents.[26] Water (and air) will not form radioisotopes suitable for radiological warfare when neutron activated, however the dissolved salt will, and the seabed may.

If used against an aircraft carrier battle group, the battle group would have reduced chances of defending itself against it. The drone could detonate its very large warhead at standoff range, and anti-submarine warfare units would have very little time to react because of the speed at which it travels.

#5 I'd be keeping an eye on North Sea oil and gas wells.

Hum, yes
Posted by Woodrow 2022-10-04 05:29||   2022-10-04 05:29|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 Bet it has a stalker real soonalready.
Posted by: magpie 2022-10-04 02:00

...And somewhere, a Virginia CO is saying, "No, Rico, no boom yet..."

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-10-04 06:41||   2022-10-04 06:41|| Front Page Top

#9 TY - Woodrow
Posted by mossomo 2022-10-04 13:00||   2022-10-04 13:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Yes, thank you Woody.

I think :-(
Posted by Besoeker 2022-10-04 13:02||   2022-10-04 13:02|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by DarthVader 2022-10-04 13:05||   2022-10-04 13:05|| Front Page Top

#12 I'd be keeping an eye on North Sea oil and gas wells.

Economic?
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