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U.S. deploys 'more survivable' submarine-launched low-yield nuclear weapon

PirateMk1 said:
Still WTF do we need low yield nukes for? We have thermometric systems that are quite effective in the role a small nuke would be used for. I don't see the point in having traditionally initiated micro nukes.
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Tell that to the JCS - I'm sure they'd welcome your expertise.
 
Bullseye said:
Tell that to the JCS - I'm sure they'd welcome your expertise.
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Using a nuke begets using a nuke. Its akin to crossing the Rubicon. Why would the JCS want to do that when they have conventional means that can do what the nukes can do?
 
PirateMk1 said:
In a nuclear conflict I am of the opinion bigger is better. IMO US warheads should start at 500 megatons yield set for deep ground penetration to maximize energy absorption in the surrounding area utilizing MIRV systems to distribute the warheads such that they detonate in such fashion the resulting initial blast waves merge into resonate waves to maximize the resulting destruction.
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I suppose that if all you're interested in is the end of the world than you're probably right. Big bombs however would exist in fewer numbers and would be much more difficult to carry aboard submarines and launched by missiles with exceptional range.
 
PirateMk1 said:
In a nuclear conflict I am of the opinion bigger is better. IMO US warheads should start at 500 megatons yield set for deep ground penetration to maximize energy absorption in the surrounding area utilizing MIRV systems to distribute the warheads such that they detonate in such fashion the resulting initial blast waves merge into resonate waves to maximize the resulting destruction.
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No nuclear explosive has ever been built that had a 500 megaton yield. The infamous Soviet built Tsar Bomba (which was not a useable weapon at the time it was tested) had a yield of only 50 megatons though if the 2nd and 3rd stages had been fired it might have yielded 100 megatons.
 
Dayton3 said:
No nuclear explosive has ever been built that had a 500 megaton yield. The infamous Soviet built Tsar Bomba (which was not a useable weapon at the time it was tested) had a yield of only 50 megatons though if the 2nd and 3rd stages had been fired it might have yielded 100 megatons.
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All the stages fired. They were just surrounded by an inert material instead of uranium.
 
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