Winston
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They'd probably use their tested RDS-220 Tsar Bomba design but with a natural or depleted uranium case to raise the yield from 50 MT to 100MT instead of the lead case as used in the 1961 test. However, on the Cobalt-60 thing, call me skeptical.
Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo
Kanyon is designed to wipe out the enemys coastlines and make them unlivable for generations
16 Jan 2018
https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...nfirms-existence-of-russian-doomsday-torpedo/
Kanyon is reportedly a very long range autonomous underwater vehicle that has a range 6,200 miles, a maximum depth of 3,280 feet, and a speed of 100 knots according to claims in leaked Russian documents.
But what really makes Kanyon nightmare fuel is the drone torpedo's payload: a 100-megaton thermonuclear weapon.
Kanyon is designed to attack coastal areas, destroying cities, naval bases, and ports. The mega-bomb would also generate an artificial tsunami that would surge inland, spreading radioactive contamination with the advancing water. To make matters worse there are reports the warhead is salted with the radioactive isotope Cobalt-60. Contaminated areas would be off-limits to humanity for up to 100 years.
Kanyon is designed to get around American ballistic missile defenses, primarily the Ground-Based Interceptor missiles based in Alaska and California.
The Russian Navy is testing Kanyon from a Sarov-class Russian Navy submarine.
[video=youtube;2yfXgu37iyI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yfXgu37iyI[/video]
Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo
Kanyon is designed to wipe out the enemys coastlines and make them unlivable for generations
16 Jan 2018
https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...nfirms-existence-of-russian-doomsday-torpedo/
Kanyon is reportedly a very long range autonomous underwater vehicle that has a range 6,200 miles, a maximum depth of 3,280 feet, and a speed of 100 knots according to claims in leaked Russian documents.
But what really makes Kanyon nightmare fuel is the drone torpedo's payload: a 100-megaton thermonuclear weapon.
Kanyon is designed to attack coastal areas, destroying cities, naval bases, and ports. The mega-bomb would also generate an artificial tsunami that would surge inland, spreading radioactive contamination with the advancing water. To make matters worse there are reports the warhead is salted with the radioactive isotope Cobalt-60. Contaminated areas would be off-limits to humanity for up to 100 years.
Kanyon is designed to get around American ballistic missile defenses, primarily the Ground-Based Interceptor missiles based in Alaska and California.
The Russian Navy is testing Kanyon from a Sarov-class Russian Navy submarine.
[video=youtube;2yfXgu37iyI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yfXgu37iyI[/video]