t68
Well-Known Member
I stumbled on this quite by accident and have never heard it before.
It appears on January 10 1970 that the Soviet Navy may have laid by the article 20 nuclear torpedos in the Gulf of Naples. I find it very hard to believe once the cold war turned hot that the Soviets could control the torpedoes, it is from my understanding that most if not all torpedoes(at the time) would be wire guide from a submarine and the destruction radius would also just about guarantee the destruction of the deploying submarine.
Soviet navy 'left 20 nuclear warheads in Bay of Naples' - Europe - World - The Independent
During the cold war the RN, USN and SN all had nuclear depth bombs at one point or another, I suppose in theory they could work like a floating mine anchored to the sea bed and be remotely deployed later on, the US in1979 had this very type of non nuclear mine in its arsenal (CAPTOR).
If indeed the Soviets did lay such a mine field by all reports it is extremely unlikely it would be found now after all these years and fall into the hands of terrorist organisations, but in a worrying trend it appears North Korea are possibly developing such weapons, if they succeed would they pass on such information to the Iranians to develop their own weapons?
Report: North Korea Developing Nuclear Sea Mines | USNI Blog
Do you think the Soviets could actually have done something like this or about as remote Space Cowboys?
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboys"]Space Cowboys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
It appears on January 10 1970 that the Soviet Navy may have laid by the article 20 nuclear torpedos in the Gulf of Naples. I find it very hard to believe once the cold war turned hot that the Soviets could control the torpedoes, it is from my understanding that most if not all torpedoes(at the time) would be wire guide from a submarine and the destruction radius would also just about guarantee the destruction of the deploying submarine.
Soviet navy 'left 20 nuclear warheads in Bay of Naples' - Europe - World - The Independent
During the cold war the RN, USN and SN all had nuclear depth bombs at one point or another, I suppose in theory they could work like a floating mine anchored to the sea bed and be remotely deployed later on, the US in1979 had this very type of non nuclear mine in its arsenal (CAPTOR).
If indeed the Soviets did lay such a mine field by all reports it is extremely unlikely it would be found now after all these years and fall into the hands of terrorist organisations, but in a worrying trend it appears North Korea are possibly developing such weapons, if they succeed would they pass on such information to the Iranians to develop their own weapons?
Report: North Korea Developing Nuclear Sea Mines | USNI Blog
Do you think the Soviets could actually have done something like this or about as remote Space Cowboys?
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboys"]Space Cowboys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]