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Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV 'leak'
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34797252
Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV 'leak'
12 November 2015
The Kremlin says secret plans for a Russian long-range nuclear torpedo - called "Status-6" - should not have appeared on Russian TV news.
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The "oceanic multi-purpose Status-6 system" is designed to "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", the document says.
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On the diagram the giant torpedo's range is given as "up to 10,000km" (6,200 miles) and depth of trajectory is "up to 1,000m" (3,300ft).
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According to state-run Rossiiskaya Gazeta, the destructive power attributed to the new torpedo's warhead would fit the description of a cobalt bomb.
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A warhead of up to 100 megatons could produce a tsunami up to 500m (1,650ft) high, wiping out all living things 1,500km (930 miles) deep inside US territory - Konstantin Sivkov, Russian Geopolitical Academy
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Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV 'leak'
12 November 2015
The Kremlin says secret plans for a Russian long-range nuclear torpedo - called "Status-6" - should not have appeared on Russian TV news.
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The "oceanic multi-purpose Status-6 system" is designed to "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", the document says.
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On the diagram the giant torpedo's range is given as "up to 10,000km" (6,200 miles) and depth of trajectory is "up to 1,000m" (3,300ft).
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According to state-run Rossiiskaya Gazeta, the destructive power attributed to the new torpedo's warhead would fit the description of a cobalt bomb.
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A warhead of up to 100 megatons could produce a tsunami up to 500m (1,650ft) high, wiping out all living things 1,500km (930 miles) deep inside US territory - Konstantin Sivkov, Russian Geopolitical Academy
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http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/russian-plans-for-massive-nuclear-undersea-attack-drone-revealed-by-newscast/
Russian plans for massive nuclear undersea attack drone revealed by newscast
A long-range nuclear torpedo intended to spread radiation in the economic centers of enemies.
by Sean Gallagher - Nov 12, 2015 9:20 pm UTC
Apparently, Russia has plans for a long-range autonomous nuclear torpedo capable of carrying a massive warhead that could lay waste to seaports and shower coastal cities with radioactive contamination. The project, called Ocean Multipurpose System 'Status-6', is a proposed long-range, high-speed unmanned underwater vehicle developed by Rubin, a St. Petersburg-based submarine design bureau. A document describing the system was revealed in a November 10 Channel One news broadcast of President Vladimir Putin's meeting with military chiefs in Sochi.
The document was an overview "of one of the projects that presumably were discussed at the meeting as part of the plan to restore that strategic balance that the US missile defense system so blatantly undermines," wrote Eugene Miasnikov, a co-author of Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, in an analysis post. Miasnikov provided a translation of the document, which included the description of the system as "damaging the important components of the adversary's economy in a coastal area and inflicting unacceptable damage to a country's territory by creating areas of wide radioactive contamination that would be unsuitable for military, economic, or other activity for long periods of time."
Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet nuclear scientist who later became a dissident and peace activist, originally intended a long-range torpedo to be the delivery vehicle for the Tsar Bomb—the largest nuclear device ever detonated, with an explosive force of 50 megatons. Stalin had signed off on the idea of nuclear strike torpedoes as early as 1951, though they were apparently never developed. But this new weapon system, proposed as a delivery vehicle for just about anything, may carry an even more massive payload. Even if it detonated underwater, a nuclear explosion could cause a wave of irradiated and contaminated sea water in a "base surge" that would wash ashore and flood coastal areas.
While Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that some secret data was accidentally leaked in the broadcast and was "subsequently deleted," more information was published about the system in a November 11 article in the Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta—prompting some to believe that the leak was intentional, the BBC reported.
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Russian plans for massive nuclear undersea attack drone revealed by newscast
A long-range nuclear torpedo intended to spread radiation in the economic centers of enemies.
by Sean Gallagher - Nov 12, 2015 9:20 pm UTC
Apparently, Russia has plans for a long-range autonomous nuclear torpedo capable of carrying a massive warhead that could lay waste to seaports and shower coastal cities with radioactive contamination. The project, called Ocean Multipurpose System 'Status-6', is a proposed long-range, high-speed unmanned underwater vehicle developed by Rubin, a St. Petersburg-based submarine design bureau. A document describing the system was revealed in a November 10 Channel One news broadcast of President Vladimir Putin's meeting with military chiefs in Sochi.
The document was an overview "of one of the projects that presumably were discussed at the meeting as part of the plan to restore that strategic balance that the US missile defense system so blatantly undermines," wrote Eugene Miasnikov, a co-author of Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, in an analysis post. Miasnikov provided a translation of the document, which included the description of the system as "damaging the important components of the adversary's economy in a coastal area and inflicting unacceptable damage to a country's territory by creating areas of wide radioactive contamination that would be unsuitable for military, economic, or other activity for long periods of time."
Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet nuclear scientist who later became a dissident and peace activist, originally intended a long-range torpedo to be the delivery vehicle for the Tsar Bomb—the largest nuclear device ever detonated, with an explosive force of 50 megatons. Stalin had signed off on the idea of nuclear strike torpedoes as early as 1951, though they were apparently never developed. But this new weapon system, proposed as a delivery vehicle for just about anything, may carry an even more massive payload. Even if it detonated underwater, a nuclear explosion could cause a wave of irradiated and contaminated sea water in a "base surge" that would wash ashore and flood coastal areas.
While Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that some secret data was accidentally leaked in the broadcast and was "subsequently deleted," more information was published about the system in a November 11 article in the Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta—prompting some to believe that the leak was intentional, the BBC reported.
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