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by TFLYTSNBN » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:17 pm | |
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I just read this:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/11 ... orld-war-3 Most would presume that this was a nuclear ARMED missile. However; the radioactivity of bomb grade Plutonium much less Uranium would not cause a significant increase in rsdiation levels. My guess is that this was a nuclear powered cruise missile that had failed in operation releasing highly radiosctive, short lived fission products, |
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by Joat42 » Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:11 pm | |
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It's more likely it contained a radioisotope thermoelectric generator but until someone else can measure what kind of isotopes where released we are in the dark.
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by Dilandu » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:09 pm | |
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Being a bit close to the actual events (no in Severodvynks, of course, but Moscow is quite close than USA... ), I think that the cause may be the cheap Chinese Geiger counters...
Version about missile destruction in flight did not connect well with the casualties. At least two dead & about 16 injured. ------------------------------
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by Joat42 » Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:39 pm | |
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Yeah, explosions in mid-flight tends not to produce many victims. --- Jack of all trades and destructive tinkerer. Anyone who have simple solutions for complex problems is a fool. |
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by Dilandu » Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:10 am | |
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The official version currently - that liquid-fuel missile failed during land testing, which led to the release of sone radioactive materials from onboard isotope generators. ------------------------------
Oh well, if shortening the front is what the Germans crave, Let's shorten it to very end - the length of Fuhrer's grave. (Red Army lyrics from 1945) |
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by TFLYTSNBN » Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:40 pm | |
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It does not make sense to build a missile that is both chemical fueled and has radioactive isotope generator. A radioisotope heat generator has low power density and is always producing heat. The US experimented with nuclear fission reactor powered aircraft and missiles back in the 1960s. They worked but were expensive and dangerous. Perhaps Russia is developing nuclear Isomere powered missile? Nuclear isomere generator exploits the difference in energy states of the isomeres certain radioactive isoptopes. This is potentially throtable and rechargable using X-ray pumping. This is considered theoretically possible in the US but in open sources it is not known if practical. The most likely accident scenario would be during the X-ray pumping. I would love to see an analysis of the isotopes in the fallout. |
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by isaac_newton » Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:08 pm | |
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BTW I really, really would not rely on the Express as a source of information!!! its quite good as a cheap toilet paper tho |
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by Joat42 » Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:34 pm | |
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No, the ink smears... --- Jack of all trades and destructive tinkerer. Anyone who have simple solutions for complex problems is a fool. |
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by isaac_newton » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:58 am | |
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Haha - thanks for that - needed a laugh! perhaps I should have added 'in a dire emergency' |
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by Michael Everett » Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:16 am | |
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Given the reliance on British Newspapers by many of the posters, I believe that this quote from "Yes, Prime Minister" will help to put things in perspective (albeit somewhat dated).
The quote is a conversation between (fictional) Prime Minister Bernard Hacker and his Undersecretary/keeper, Sir Humphrey from the Civil Service.
Amusingly, at the time of broadcast, the real-life Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher. A more up-to-date interpretation may be found here. ~~~~~~
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