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2019-08-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Evidence? Russia's Nuclear-Powered Doomsday Missile Blew Up Last Week (Updated)

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Posted by Woodrow 2019-08-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 so this weapon would require a chemical fuel engine to get it to high speed as well as a nuke engine to get it to a super speed and keep it there

missile would be pretty heavy

unless I'm missing something, this seems like a truly idiotic concept

Posted by lord garth 2019-08-13 01:19|| 2019-08-13 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 At least Putt Putt didn't implode an entire mountain like Pudgy did.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-08-13 01:54|| 2019-08-13 01:54|| Front Page Top

#3 The US prototyped a nuclear powered cruise missile in the 1950's. Decided it posed a bigger danger to ourselves than the Soviets. No way to safely test it.

Project Pluto

Posted by Dino Protector of the Nebraskans7894 2019-08-13 04:35|| 2019-08-13 04:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Flying nuclear reactor, carrying weaponized and reactor fuel. What could go wrong ?

9M730 Burevestnik

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-13 05:02|| 2019-08-13 05:02|| Front Page Top

#5 unless I'm missing something, this seems like a truly idiotic concept

"Since nuclear power gave it almost unlimited range, the missile could cruise in circles over the ocean until ordered "down to the deck" for its supersonic dash to targets in the Soviet Union."

IRL the devices range would be very much limited not by fuel but by the extreme stress of hypersonic flight at low altitudes in dense air.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-08-13 08:20|| 2019-08-13 08:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Flying nuclear reactor, carrying weaponized and reactor fuel. What could go wrong ?

Best line of the morning.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-08-13 09:46|| 2019-08-13 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Probably why Trump wants us out of the treaty with them.

Posted by gorb 2019-08-13 23:56|| 2019-08-13 23:56|| Front Page Top

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