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Broccoli
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Nah, Russia will become more and more like North-Korea. World has moved on and Russian primitive behavior is not impressing anyone but their local macho drunks.
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Putin's Speech: What it really means....
Key point to note is: Russia has successfully miniaturized a nuclear propulsion system which can power the small turbofan engine of its latest Cruise Missile for so long that it can strike anywhere on earth.
Key point to note is: Russia has successfully miniaturized a nuclear propulsion system which can power the small turbofan engine of its latest Cruise Missile for so long that it can strike anywhere on earth.
Summing up other opinions:
Theory: you replace combustion chamber with nuclear reactor, heating incoming air and gaining thrust. Literally air is going through indide of it.
Superdirty, but very real(simillar engines were prototyped back in 1960s-1970s).
There are cleaner types, but they are much harder to do,and no one really cares about doomsday missile being dirty. Even though it's frightening, reactor of these power levels and without shielding is very capable of literally killing on it's path.
Technical result: huge range, limited not by fuel, but by time when nuclear powered device will fall apart from other factors :
Problem: if new cruise missile size is true, it's still very advanced development nevertheless, making nuke propulsion fit in 533mm hull("tomahawk sized") is a challenge. Not unsolvable one, though (Russia can be considered to be a leader in this field, so, well, may be). Furthermore, all electronics have to survive right next to extremely powerful radiation source(this is unheard of, and Russian electronic industry isn't exactly the world leading one).
Finally, such "world beating" efforts eat money. How much money for black programs like this Russia has?
Also, there is one interesting connection(the only good one, really, because anything else about this system is frightening) : technologies mentioned are of incredible importance to future space implementations, both military and civilian.
I can't imagine how they could build one that doesn't create massive amounts of radioactive waste being dumped on its flight path, all while still maintaining the advantage of "unlimited" range. How did they test the missile without making hundreds or thousands sick? I know Russia is huge but why would they pollute their own land while testing the missile? Seems more likely they have the working components and tested the reactor but never the complete product.
The miniaturised reactor tech is certainly impressive and does have many implications and applications.
The miniaturised reactor tech is certainly impressive and does have many implications and applications.
Jura The idiot
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Feb 24, 2018
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