Er, the average nuclear warhead is a several hundred kilo device, that required careful maintenance and storage in specific conditions. I agree, that there were warhead, which were more... robust (like gun-type ones), but the majority of implosion-type are not exactly well suited for improper handling.Smuggle it across the southern border, either by plane, sub, or coyote.
I have seen this large cargo ship, with its hull filled with a gigantic H-Bomb, in an episode of "Secret Weapons" narrated by Charlton Heston. I wonder if there are studies, drawings of this Doomsday weapon project ?There were stories/rumour after end of Cold War in 1990s
That Russia had develop a tandem Bioweapon system
First phase was modified Anthrax to kill most of population 60%~90% (depends on source)
Second phase was modified Ebola to kill the remaining survivors by 99%
Gorbachev issue program were ICBM nuclear warheads could be replace with modified Anthrax warheads.
Source: Ken Alibek book "Biohazard"
Another Story/Urban Legend is about a Soviet Doomsday weapon.
In form of large Cargo ship equip with largest H-bomb the Soviets could build.
The Story goes that Program was far into Development as Khrushchev stop it.
not because common sense, but because he had no control over the automatic system that trigger the Doomsday weapon.
Also the story that JFK tell that Soviet embassy had large thermonuclear bomb in their basement.
I have no idea, so far i known all source informations are from USA...if there are studies, drawings of this Doomsday weapon project ?
I never heard about anything like that. As far as I know, USSR did not considered gigaton-scale bombs.I have seen this large cargo ship, with its hull filled with a gigantic H-Bomb, in an episode of "Secret Weapons" narrated by Charlton Heston. I wonder if there are studies, drawings of this Doomsday weapon project ?
There should be some means to detect the radiation produced by a nuclear device, in my opinion it should be a priority for the national security of all countries. Considering the volume of goods that enter the ports of the United States daily and that cross the Panama Canal, the system (if any) should be some kind of very fast and discreet scanner.
Yes, but... who exactly could be interested in doing this? Obviously not nuclear superpowers - neither Russia nor China have any need for such elaborate tricks. Hardly Britain or France; firstly, they are in good relations with USA, secondly, they have MIRV'ed missiles for that. So who's left? India? Good relations with USA. Pakistan? Chinese client state, close ally. Israel? US close ally. North Korea? Seems much more interested in developing sea-based deterrence.Lots of ways to sneak in a nuke.
Thanks for answering the question, now I understand the security problem better.There should be some means to detect the radiation produced by a nuclear device, in my opinion it should be a priority for the national security of all countries. Considering the volume of goods that enter the ports of the United States daily and that cross the Panama Canal, the system (if any) should be some kind of very fast and discreet scanner.
There are neutron and gamma detectors scattered throughout major cities and certainly in ports and points of entry. X-ray scanners big enough for trucks and intermodal containers. But you can't scan an entire country, and nuclear bombs generally aren't all *that* radioactive... especially if you are actively shielding them. Wrap your nuke in plastic and suspend it in the middle of the tank of a tanker truck, and fill the tank with water and you've got *feet* of shielding. Shielding that you can easily explain.
A nuke would doubtless be smuggled in through points other than ports: a sub wanders up close to shore, special forces swim it up to a beach where there's a waiting truck. Or a cargo ship drops off an inflatable boat in international waters, the inflatable boat gets it the rest of the way, towing it underwater to shield it. or a cargo ship drops off an innocuous looking pleasure craft or small fishing vessel.
Lots of ways to sneak in a nuke.
SPECTRE.Yes, but... who exactly could be interested in doing this?Lots of ways to sneak in a nuke.
Like i say, the Information came only from US sourcesI never heard about anything like that. As far as I know, USSR did not considered gigaton-scale bombs.
100 megaton - yes. The AH602, "Tsar bomba" was designed 101 megaton three-stage device (it was "downgraded" for testing because on full power, her third stage would release truly enormous amount of fallout). And UR-500 was planned for her warhead version. But as far as I know, more powerful devices weren't considered. Definitely nothing on the gigaton scale.On Warheads,
Khrushchev was obsessed with an idea of 100 megaton fusion warheads on super ICBM
It let to UR-500 ICBM and program Vanya better known as Tsar Bomba biggest nuclear explosion.
After Khrushchev removal by Brezhnev
The program for big megaton warheads was terminated
The UR-500 ICBM became the Proton rocket
Far, far too many ways to go hellishly, horribly wrong...
I suspect there weren't that much British merchant ships in significant Soviet ports in any given time, and in case of war scare, they would probably went home anyway.There is no indication that the Russians gave this tale any credence, but it scared the sox off us.
Far, far too many ways to go hellishly, horribly wrong...
I remember reading a small article in the "Stars and Stripes" in Europe during the early 80s on how a "senior Soviet physicist" was escorted from a conference in New York and put on a plane back to Moscow. The given reason? HIs "theoretical calculations" were directly leading to showing how a gigaton nuclear reaction could be obtained. I've checked the article ONLY appeared in the European "Stars and Stripes"2 February 1956, Saharov, Zel'dovich, Davidenko to Pavlov, about 150 Mt and 1 Gt bomb:
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That is, at least the possibility of creating a super-bomb was discussed in the USSR.
I also found information that Sergei Korolev designed N-2, N-3, N-4, huge missiles weighing 7000, 12000 and 18000 tons, if N-4 was 6 times heavier than N-1, it should have been lifted in 6 times more cargo, 540 tons versus 90 tons. At the same time, there was a project N-1M using hydrogen-oxygen engines with a load of 155-175 tons, that is, 1.72-1.94 times more than N-1. A theoretically possible N-4M could lift 930-1050 tons. That is, one could expect the possibility of creating a rocket for a super-bomb.
A doomsday device could be almost anything. Nuke, poison,disease,electromagnetic pulse,
or any combination ...
Well, its a good job no-one is doing anything like that then......A doomsday device could be almost anything. Nuke, poison,disease,electromagnetic pulse,
or any combination ...
A doomsday weapon could also be no more substantial than an idea. If you can convince a people that they should not reproduce, that they and/or their culture are evil and not worth preserving, that the technologies that support their civilization are morally wrong... then their power, their wealth, their ability and even desire to defend themselves and in the end their *numbers* will decline. This makes them easier to invade and conquer. If the idea is insidious enough, promoted often and deviously enough, you can even get them to welcome the invasion and the takeover.
Well, its a good job no-one is doing anything like that then......A doomsday device could be almost anything. Nuke, poison,disease,electromagnetic pulse,
or any combination ...
A doomsday weapon could also be no more substantial than an idea. If you can convince a people that they should not reproduce, that they and/or their culture are evil and not worth preserving, that the technologies that support their civilization are morally wrong... then their power, their wealth, their ability and even desire to defend themselves and in the end their *numbers* will decline. This makes them easier to invade and conquer. If the idea is insidious enough, promoted often and deviously enough, you can even get them to welcome the invasion and the takeover.
часто встречается мнение, что ядерное оружие предотвратило крупные войны во второй половине двадцатого века, но оно и позволило "вырасти поколениям, забывшим первую и вторую мировую войны" и сейчас некоторые из этих людей, опасные безумцы, очень легко рассуждают о использовании ядерного оружие против той или другой страны, совершенно не думая о последствиях
так что doomsday device это дерьмовая идея
не хотелось бы чтобы жизнь на Земле закончилась так нелепо
Sez you. Runes improve *everything.*OBB's rendering of #69 in runes fed to google translate resulted in runes. Stupid. Unhelpful.
As a native German, I wholeheartedly agree - for some members, it appears 'civil' has lost all of its meaning though. English typed in the Latin alphabet is the bridge language of the aerospace community - let's keep it that way.OBB's rendering of #69 in runes fed to google translate resulted in runes. Stupid. Unhelpful. Google translate makes passable English of Russian text in #69.
I would like forum members to stick with English on this forum. Not runic tosh, or Russian, or even my native Dutch - there are some quite interesting Dutch sites which 99% of forum members will find hard to understand without machine translation.
If you post a non-English text, please be kind enough to also provide a translation in English. It is the civil thing to do.
SLAM!The old Supersonic Low Altitude Missile is about as good a Doomsday weapon as I can think of, although I'm sure they're plenty of ways to make it even nastier if you put in some
Yeah but do we want to piss off the creatures that could live in a gas giant?SLAM would be a good gas giant probe.