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Pentagon Confirms Russia's Thermonuclear Submarine Bomb Is Real

by wodencafe on 12/25/16, 4:26 AM with 4 comments

• by rurban on 12/25/16, 8:55 AM

  The Pentagon couldn't even do anything against the previous Russian version, the Granit. The new Bulava is just an upgrade over the Granit, and those Granit's were already practically undefendable. The Bulava ditto, they just have a longer range.

  That's why btw Russia doesn't need those hugely expensive aircraft carriers. They just need to maintain their defensive arsenal, contrary to the USA and NATO which need offensive weapons. The Granit and the Bulava are their strongest weapons.

  And according to one popular 9/11 conspiracy theory by Dmitry Khalezov, the Granit was the missile which hit the pentagon on 9/11.

• by gus_massa on 12/25/16, 12:23 PM

  > A 100 megaton bomb would generate artificial tsunamis, carrying the destruction far inshore.

  Is this true? Is there a reliable source for this affirmation? To generate an artificial tsunami you must move a lot of water, that is very heavy an has a lot of viscosity. I think that the direct heat and wind from the blast will cause much more damage than the water waves.