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    Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo

    Kanyon is designed to wipe out the enemys coastlines and make them unlivable for generations.


    A key U.S. nuclear weapons document confirms that the Russian government is developing the most powerful nuclear weapon in more than a half century. A leaked copy of the Pentagons Nuclear Posture Review states that Russia is developing a new intercontinental, nuclear-armed undersea autonomous torpedo.
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    Kanyon is reportedly a very long range autonomous underwater vehicle that has a range 6,200 miles, a maximum depth of 3,280 feet, and a speed of 100 knots according to claims in leaked Russian documents.

    But what really makes Kanyon nightmare fuel is the drone torpedo's payload: a 100-megaton thermonuclear weapon. By way of comparison, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 16 kilotons, or the equivalent of 16,000 tons of TNT. Kanyons nuke would be the equivalent of 100,000,000 tons of TNT. Thats twice as powerful as Tsar Bomba, the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever tested. Dropped on New York City, a 100-megaton bomb would kill 8 million people outright and injure 6 million more.

    Kanyon is designed to attack coastal areas, destroying cities, naval bases, and ports. The mega-bomb would also generate an artificial tsunami that would surge inland, spreading radioactive contamination with the advancing water. To make matters worse there are reports the warhead is salted with the radioactive isotope Cobalt-60. Contaminated areas would be off-limits to humanity for up to 100 years.
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    Kanyons range and payload makes it much larger than existing torpedoes. According to submarine expert H.I. Sutton, Kanyon is 5.5 feet wide and 79 feet long, making it twice as large as a Bulava submarine launched ballistic missile. Sutton also believes the torpedo is nuclear powered.
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  • #2
    I first thought you post was about the Zircon 3M22, the hypersonic missile that is rumored to be produced from 2018 on and is said to be operational by 2022...

    Never read about this torpedo...
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    • #3
      The idea of generating tsunami on both US coasts has been conceived by Russians around 70's. Whether it has been implemented or not who knows.

      As Zhirinovsky said couple of years ago: there are warheads in place and if war breaks out, kilometers high tsunami will wipe out west coast and white hosue.



      here is russian wikipedia page

      The idea of nuclear tipped torpedo has been considered in 1949-1953. At the time Russians had delivery problems as they lacked enough long range bombers and fleet.

      Saharov considered that strength should be 100MT to create artificial tsunami but the car bomba weighted 26 tons and what they could fit in battery powered torpedo with range of 30km was 3 ton warhead which would yield around 2.9MT.

      2015 a presentation page with concept can be seen in Putin meeting military video
      2016 US intelligence said Russians tested underwater nuclear powered vehicle

      Blast simulation on US fleet base
      Last edited by UtwigMU; 18 January 2018, 08:55.

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      • #4
        I thought that for the Atlantic coast they were going to explode some island?
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        • #5
          And China is said to be working on nuclear powered drones.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Umfriend View Post
            I thought that for the Atlantic coast they were going to explode some island?
            La Palma in the Canary islands?

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