Jump to content

Delivery of Nuclear Weapons


Airbrush

Recommended Posts

12 minutes ago, Bender said:

This is not quite true, though. To reach the equilibrium, you have to look at the half-life of the decay products, not uranium.

You can only reach an equilibrium because of the long half life and the resulting near-constant decay rate of Uranium. 

Good catch; 30 years or so would do.

It hardly matters.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 5/12/2018 at 3:59 PM, Endy0816 said:

Thinking in terms of launching vs smuggling.

A nuclear missile is launched at a city in Ukraine from beneath the South China Sea. Nobody claims responsibility. Who did it?

Ok you would harldy hit anything in the Ukraine by water from the South China sea. But that aside, 'smuggling' might actually be the way to go if you want to launch a nuclear warhead undetected. I could imagine a nuclear guided torpedo being a serious threat for any coastal City. The question is: how much fuel/battery power do you need to calculate for a nuclear torpedo that can autonomously cross the pacific with a nuclear warhead, and how big would that make the torpedo?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Trident missile can go about 7000 miles. Ukraine is only 5000 miles.

Other characteristics that might help you guess, but from position alone there's no way to tell who launched it. In that case can think of multiple countries with motive, either for territorial gains or to incite a war.

Not sure on UUV fuel requirements.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.