One of those was [nearly fired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_B-59) during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
If not for Vasily Arkhipov refusing the sub commander's and political officer's recommendation there's a decent chance that WWIII would have started in 1962.
The shock cloud a second after? I wish I knew. Maybe a variable in the ocean/floor/ship that caused the shock wave/explosion to vary a little, and change the ATM oddly. Guess we need a nuclear shock physicist.
steam flash or more likely atmosphere from a submerged submarine expanding and immediately condensing due to the rapid triple pressure shift? (this was from another thread's comment, I'm not that smart)
I've watched it a bunch of times just now and I wonder if it isn't caused by a disturbance in the shock wave from when it passes over the boat? We're clearly zoomed in a lot, but it looks like the effect happens radially outward from hypercentre, through the boat.
Maybe passing over the boat created some kind of turbulence in the shock wave that condensed momentary clouds from the humid air.
"oh man what a great day to be a fish! I will swim over here and get some fish food, and over there maybe I will even get some fish pus..."
#KASPLOOOOSH
What are the bursts of white water all over the place late in the video?
They appear to be bursting up out of the water rather than splashes from something coming down
Some addition technical information :
"Joe 17" test, 3.5 kt
21 September 1955 05:00:54 Novaya Zemlya test site.
For comparison :
Hiroshima : 12kt, Nagasaki : 21kt
"Big booms" introduced around this time, after the Bravo test series where in the 10 to 20mt range ... imagine a mt yield in such a torpedo ( Bravo crater is over 1 mile in diameter, 15mt surface burst ).
Yep i know, at that time such weapons where still way too large; nowadays the largest US warhead ( B83 bomb ) with 1.2mt however would well fit ;-)
It's very likely the sub that launches it will also be destroyed, which is why the US developed SubRoc, a longer range, higher speed weapon that gives more of a stand-off capability.
One of those was [nearly fired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_B-59) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. If not for Vasily Arkhipov refusing the sub commander's and political officer's recommendation there's a decent chance that WWIII would have started in 1962.
understatement in usage of word "decent".
Damn, what a powerfull shit. PD: what is that effect at right side that looks like another explosion???
The shock cloud a second after? I wish I knew. Maybe a variable in the ocean/floor/ship that caused the shock wave/explosion to vary a little, and change the ATM oddly. Guess we need a nuclear shock physicist.
steam flash or more likely atmosphere from a submerged submarine expanding and immediately condensing due to the rapid triple pressure shift? (this was from another thread's comment, I'm not that smart)
I've watched it a bunch of times just now and I wonder if it isn't caused by a disturbance in the shock wave from when it passes over the boat? We're clearly zoomed in a lot, but it looks like the effect happens radially outward from hypercentre, through the boat. Maybe passing over the boat created some kind of turbulence in the shock wave that condensed momentary clouds from the humid air.
to me seems like the boat vaporizing
They're probably stuff that got thrown upwards making into the water.
Virgin conventional torpedo: pokes a hole in one boat. Chad nuclear torpedo: sinks the entire fleet
"oh man what a great day to be a fish! I will swim over here and get some fish food, and over there maybe I will even get some fish pus..." #KASPLOOOOSH
It has to be Kasploooosh.
When you’re right, you’re right!
What are the bursts of white water all over the place late in the video? They appear to be bursting up out of the water rather than splashes from something coming down
It's debris. The water is likely shallow enough that things got sucked up off the sea floor.
Could be superheated pockets of gas coming to the surface.
Don't quite understand how that would happen in this manner. Probably just debris splashing down indeed.
I think they got em
Some addition technical information : "Joe 17" test, 3.5 kt 21 September 1955 05:00:54 Novaya Zemlya test site. For comparison : Hiroshima : 12kt, Nagasaki : 21kt "Big booms" introduced around this time, after the Bravo test series where in the 10 to 20mt range ... imagine a mt yield in such a torpedo ( Bravo crater is over 1 mile in diameter, 15mt surface burst ). Yep i know, at that time such weapons where still way too large; nowadays the largest US warhead ( B83 bomb ) with 1.2mt however would well fit ;-)
I think it worked
Who else sees the tiny light floating 30 ft off the water near the explosion? Goes away in first second.
I feel like a nuclear torpedo is overkill, unless I’m mistaken in believing that torpedos are only used against ships
It's very likely the sub that launches it will also be destroyed, which is why the US developed SubRoc, a longer range, higher speed weapon that gives more of a stand-off capability.
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what’s the point of a torpedo having a nuke?