Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto

Re:Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto by jkot on Sunday January 03, 2016 @11:37AM (#10831139)

That torpedo is for military targets in water, such as carrier. It is too small to cause tsunami, or to have much effects on ground targets.

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Re:Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto by simonh on Sunday January 03, 2016 @01:05PM (#10831480)

The description of the torpedoed from the leaked Russian document, when translated, says: "destroy important economic installations of the enemy in coastal areas and cause guaranteed devastating damage to the country's territory by creating wide areas of radioactive contamination, rendering them unusable for military, economic or other activity for a long time".

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Re:Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Pluto by CapitalistCartr on Sunday January 03, 2016 @11:55AM (#10831210)

The torpedo is merely the delivery vehicle. The payload would be a 20 megatonne warhead. Easily enough to cause coastal destruction.

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