A nuclear torpedo is a torpedo armed with a nuclear warhead.
The idea behind the nuclear warheads in a torpedo was to create a much bigger explosive blast. Later analysis suggested that smaller, more accurate, and faster torpedoes were more efficient and effective.[1]
During the Cold War, nuclear torpedoes replaced some conventionally armed torpedoes on submarines of both the Soviet and American navies.
The USSR developed the T15, the T5 and the ASB-30. The only nuclear warhead torpedo used by the United States was the Mark 45 torpedo.[2] The Soviet Union widely deployed T5 nuclear torpedoes in 1958 and the U.S. deployed its Mark 45 torpedo in 1963.[3]: 28
In 2015, there were rumors that Russia was developing a new nuclear torpedo, the Status-6.
^Cite error: The named reference Branfill-Cook2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference USAT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Polmar2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
A nucleartorpedo is a torpedo armed with a nuclear warhead. The idea behind the nuclear warheads in a torpedo was to create a much bigger explosive blast...
The Mark 45 anti-submarine torpedo, a.k.a. ASTOR, was a submarine-launched wire-guided nucleartorpedo designed by the United States Navy for use against...
Soviet naval reactors Nuclear submarine Russia's Channel One Television news broadcast a picture and details of a nuclear-powered torpedo called Status-6 on...
Vehicle Bangalore torpedo Human torpedo List of torpedoes Missile guidance Nucleartorpedo André Rebouças, who supposedly developed a torpedo in the Paraguayan...
in space. A nucleartorpedo is essentially a torpedo with a warhead attached to it. Russia is currently working on undersea nucleartorpedo, which is referred...
1998) was a Soviet Naval officer who is known for preventing a Soviet nucleartorpedo launch during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The course of events that would...
Why A Russian Super-Radioactive Atomic Torpedo Isn't The News You Think It Is [1] "Russia reveals nucleartorpedo plan". BBC News. November 12, 2015. Diplomat...
the lake that was formed. In 2015, a page from an apparent Russian nucleartorpedo design was leaked. The design was titled "Oceanic Multipurpose System...
explosion Shock factor Nucleartorpedo Declassified UK Archived 2022-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Richard Norton-Taylor, UK deployed 31 nuclear weapons during...
Missile Crisis, Soviet patrol submarine B-59 almost launched a nuclear-armed torpedo while under harassment by American naval forces. One of several...
variant are American heavyweight submarine-launched torpedoes. They were designed to sink deep-diving nuclear-powered submarines and high-performance surface...
conducted three live nucleartorpedo tests including: Test of the T-5 torpedo on September 21, 1955 at Novaya Zemlya. Test of the T-5 torpedo on October 10,...
"Russian media: nucleartorpedo can destroy the US, Europe, the world". Business Insider. "Shipping industry should consider nuclear option for decarbonizing:...
the RDS-9 was developed for the T-5 nucleartorpedo. A 3.5 kiloton underwater test was performed with the torpedo on September 21, 1955. The first Soviet...
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes. There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some...
nuclear weapons until this weapon type was phased out in the late 1980s. New lightweight (Mark 46) and heavyweight (Mark 48) anti-submarine torpedo programs...
nuclear armed torpedoes. Nuclear mines for use on land or at sea are also possibilities.[citation needed] The system used to deliver a nuclear weapon to its...
submarine (B-59) at the blockade line, unaware that it was armed with a nuclear-tipped torpedo with orders that allowed it to be used if the submarine was damaged...
notable military accidents involving nuclear material. Civilian accidents are listed at List of civilian nuclear accidents. For a general discussion of...
launched a nuclear-tipped torpedo in response to having been targeted by American naval depth charges in international waters, with the Soviet nuclear launch...
Global Information