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BIG BEAST Putin warns that Satan-2 missile has ‘completed’ final tests...
TheSun ^ | 15 Apr 2019 | Will Stewart in Moscow

Posted on 04/16/2019 1:57:25 AM PDT by blueplum

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To: blueplum
... Satan-2 missile has ‘completed’ final tests...

They did what Ocasio-Cortez's I.Q. tests did - came back negative.

21 posted on 04/16/2019 5:10:41 AM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: dp0622

“Either way, looks like a pretty miserable way to die over several months so I’d just as soon not have a nuclear war please :)”

The dirty secret is that a nuclear war is in fact winnable at the current force levels. Air bursts (and EMP strikes) produce very little fallout. It’s the ground bursts that’ll get you, and the big concern is the counterforce strikes trying to take out the land based ICBMs - all ground bursts. But, our land based ICBM forces have been whittled down to fewer than 450 here in the US... Our total deliverable strategic warhead count is around 1,500.

The “winning” side would have to absorb massive losses and damage. It might be worth it though, with the whole world as your oyster afterwards... (BTW, an interesting and frightening scenario is China provoking a war between Russia and the US, then attacking the victor.)

I wonder how well the Russians actually know the patrol routes for our ballistic missile subs at this point.

At any rate, I’ll have to check out “Aftermath”, thanks for the tip!

(BTW for those interested in nuclear weapons and their effects, the NukeMap site is interesting: http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/)


22 posted on 04/16/2019 5:13:35 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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To: blueplum

‘That is more than 400 times as strong as either bomb the US dropped on Japan in the final days of World War Two. This means they are capable of pulverising an area the size of England and Wales or Texas’

Not to play down the punch of these bigger bombs, but no, nothing has been built that can pulverize all of Texas, not even close. The difference actually is more like Central Houston [5 mile radius] versus Houston metro [25 mile radius], but nothing close to all of Texas.


23 posted on 04/16/2019 5:33:13 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Of course,but in this case our garage was robbed,thank Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Skolkovo,that from our own military


24 posted on 04/16/2019 5:47:36 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: montag813

“This means they are capable of pulverising an area the size of England and Wales or Texas...

8 megatons can’t even come close to doing that. Maybe these tabloid Brits should open a science book sometime.”

Well...the tabloid did get something wrong. The total for all warheads on one missile is more like 50 MT than 8 MT. It looks like one configuration would be something like nine 5 MT warheads. You’re still right, though, 50 MT won’t “pulverize” England. It wouldn’t be good though...

Here’s the “England” version of a representative strategic attack:

http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?t=e410ef55b31441926f93d5ba088e7993

That’s nine 5 MT warheads, all ground bursts with heavy fallout. The largest circles on the map represent the range at which third degree burns would be sustained in the open.

The ovals represent fallout contours. The inner orange contour is 100 rem per hour. At that rate, four hours will cause severe radiation sickness, eight will result in a high death rate (90%+) after hours to weeks.

I chose that targeting pattern largely to maximize fallout coverage, but still managed to directly hit several high population concentrations. I’ll post a followup with estimated casualties, it takes NukeMap a while to calculate those...

One Satan-2 missile can cause a whole lot of heartache.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat


25 posted on 04/16/2019 5:51:07 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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To: blueplum
That is more than 400 times as strong as either bomb the US dropped on Japan in the final days of World War Two. This means they are capable of pulverising an area the size of England and Wales or Texas...

Texas is a lot bigger than England and Wales, which can easily fit into Oregon with room to spare.

26 posted on 04/16/2019 6:02:16 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Desron13

“Satan” is NATO’s name for the missile. NATO’s names for Soviet and Russian surface-to-surface missiles begin with “s.”

The Satan I was the SS-18, the largest Soviet ICBM, which was deployed beginning in 1974 and figured prominently in debates in the US over the proposed SALT II arms control treaty. The SS-18 was the follow-on to the SS-9, dubbed “Scarp” by NATO, a huge missile that sparked vigorous debates over arms control and missile defense in the US during Richard Nixon’s first term as president.


27 posted on 04/16/2019 6:15:33 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: dp0622
Was this on Netflix? HBO?
28 posted on 04/16/2019 6:15:39 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: MagnoliaB
I’m more worried about the insane muslims that have taken control of places like the UK.

Or the U.S. government.
29 posted on 04/16/2019 6:30:50 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“We have stealthy nuclear submarines deployed 24/7/365. “

A single Trident boat can deliver 288 100kt warheads with a 50m CEP.

With no warning and a 10min or less flight time.

True nuclear counter force in a sub.

Imagine what 4 of them could do.


30 posted on 04/16/2019 6:48:47 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: blueplum

It ain’t the size of the missile but the megatons in the warhead.


31 posted on 04/16/2019 7:14:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: zeestephen

Tsar Bomba. Atmospheric reflection blew out windows 400 miles away.


32 posted on 04/16/2019 7:15:58 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: UCANSEE2

“No one wants a nuclear war. It’s just that they all want nuclear weapons so they can have a means of negotiation.”

So Right! Nuke or Biological will only destroy land that could be used by the winner of any war. Chemical? Well that’s another game entirely. And the “Soviets” are extremely good at that game. The Ruskies first came up with the tactic of first attacking with blood agents which would disable gas masks due to violent throwing up, then followed up with the nastiest of nerve agents which creates the highest death yield and leaves the land and factories safe for takeover.

No... our biggest problem is anyone messing with nukes that could put them in the wrong hands. The Islam mind really doesn’t think things through to the conclusion. That IS our largest threat. God Help Us!


33 posted on 04/16/2019 7:24:50 AM PDT by FreedomFtr ((Still fighting for Freedom... and now here at home))
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To: servantboy777

amazon prime.

very realistic very depressing very well done, I thought.

MUCH better than the day after, that piece of sh.t from the 80s.

the war starts in pakistan after radicals take over govt.

spins out of control from there


34 posted on 04/16/2019 7:33:18 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: PreciousLiberty

AWESOME SITE!!

Staten Island survives many attacks on manhattan.

but not Titan II class.


35 posted on 04/16/2019 7:38:18 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: MagnoliaB

Agreed.

How hard is it to us nukes if one takes over a govt?

i assume many protocols are in place.

But my assumptions suck lately.

And if they are mounted on jets, is ANY code needed?

I believe they are mounted on trucks in Pakistan and India.

Any code needed there?


36 posted on 04/16/2019 7:52:27 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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37 posted on 04/16/2019 8:36:18 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: blueplum

Too late the occupiers already destroyed that part of Britain


38 posted on 04/16/2019 2:21:42 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: Fiji Hill

Thanks for the info. Quite informative.


39 posted on 04/17/2019 4:23:58 AM PDT by Desron13 (You may choose to ignore reality but you can't force reality to ignore you.)
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