Yeah you're right, it would probably cause a bit of a wall of water but it would only go maybe a few hundred yards inland at most in a few area's that are low lying like an estuary or wet lands and bounce off cliffs and head lands. Maybe rise up a bit .
Unlike a set during a big swell that comes in sets of up to 7 waves with a good time period, this wouldn't be able to engulf a country.
Yeah also people tend to forget you can only go so big with a nuke before most of the energy leaves that atmosphere. Tsar is about the biggest you can go.
edit found a picture that puts one on Ireland. Person must not like Galway 😀
The kind of earthquake which can cause a tsunami dwarfs even large nuclear weapons in terms of raw energy. The mechanism of a tsunami earthquake is basically that the sea floor is wrenched upward with a profound violence. This is what creates the wave.
A nuclear torpedo would turn most of the water it touches into superheated stream. It would probably make for an impressive spectacle, though. Two main utilities I could see in this type of weapon would be to take out a big fleet of ships in one go, and just the terror it could instill by being hard to track. Otherwise you'd be better off with a straight air burst.
Their counterattacking to the russian boarder.
A lot of people say it was only a russian propaganda. Somebody posted this crap on Twitter and everybody started to retweet, copy/paste. We'll find out soon
How is the Russian counterattack proceeding?
Short answer no. If it hit the Irish sea for example most of the Energy would be absorbed by the ocean nothing like an under sea earthquake.
Jaysus have to say this has me rattling.. could Putin really wipe out Ireland and Britain with this nuclear weapon?? Could it really be THAT powerful to cause a massive tsunami?? Is it propaganda?
the explosion has been known to level an area of rainforest that would cover up to 300 city blocks
is the trivia of topic.
Jana Černochová, Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, makes a statement
Clear message to putin from some on his birthday today. Hopefully he does not have any more.
Would they be something like what was in the predator movie, remember when the predator flicked the switch, and Arnie had to bolt.
When the thing went off there was a small mushroom cloud.
Probably a yield of 700m or something
That's some amount of money well spent being fired into the enemy.
I agree, for sure it's not going to be an overnight change. But regardless of how ever long it takes, it's the only way forward for Russia, otherwise you will see history repeating itself in some shape or form but similar in outcome.
Ideally yes, But personally I don't think that will be possible. You cannot dismantle a system like Russia has had for generations. No, it will take time for the political system to change and produce people capable of making the necessary changes. Anything else will give rise to the same situation again.
jmeire, I considered this before I replied. I'm not sure this is possible. You can attempt to influence a person or attempt to bring them around to your way of thinking. You can't however, change the mentality of what they are. And I'm not suggesting they are all murdering orcs, they're not, I'm saying the mentality of the russkis, it's not going to change anytime soon.
(late edit, until they are pulverized in UA)
Another power cut for Zaporizhia NPP occured yesterday when power was lost for 1.5 hours and back up diesel generators were used to keep cooling active as confirmed by the IAEA.
I wonder how much more of these shelling incidents will happen before the power outage leads to something more serious?
I think the IAEA has previously states the NPP can only realistically last about 10 hours on generators before disaster happens, it really is like a deadly game of Russian Roulette (pardon the pun).
No Russia is not a party either.
Am sure Mick and Clare sent him a card .
True but neither is the USA and some others. Oddly is not russia in it.
Not sure if this was posted previously:-
One NATO state President sending birthday wishes, but, not really surprised.
I so want to see Zelensky offer out his right hand to shake Putins hand, then as putin extends out his own hand, Zelensky just drops him with the left.
If those two could speak face to face, there may be hope for Noel and Liam yet.
Serious fire power-
Hmmm...Blarney...the address checks out.
Supposing Russia were to give up on Ukraine, and the Putin government were to collapse spectacularly, I think if a less hawkish government were to form, they should be helped almost immediately, assuming they were prepared to offer some serious reparations toward the building Ukraine and atoning for the war in general. Part of what made the 90s such a disaster for Russia was the rife corruption which gave rise to some very flawed attempts to adopt western-style reforms. I don't think those mistakes should be allowed to be repeated, or else possibly end up with a Putin mk.II at some point down the line.
Imagine the tension at the summit, not surprised at Zelensky, but am surprised by Putin attending if true, but then again Indonesia is not a party to the Rome Statute:-
Perhaps Lukashenko is trying to kick start some investment in the Russian arsenal, after all we saw what formidable weapons those Ukrainian farmers tractors were early in the war...
It doesn't even sound like he gave Putin a physical tractor
Mr Lukashenko, Europe's self-styled "last dictator" who has been in power even longer than the Russian leader (since 1994) and whose administration is also under Western sanctions, came to St Petersburg with a gift certificate for the Belarusian-made vehicle.
On Lukashenko's next birthday, maybe Putin can proffer a gift certificate good for one window refitting. Redeemable by the receiver or their closest living relative.
Diesel crunch ahead it seems (petrol not getting a mention but surely the same).
Another 1.5M less barrells per day (on top of OPECs recent 2M cut announcement) for October, likely leading to more misery at the pumps:-
Europe’s diesel crunch is set to worsen in the coming months as more European refineries shut down for maintenance this month, and unplanned outages reduce supply. European fuel demand will draw additional imports from other regions, tightening further already tight global refined product markets. The expected tightening of the diesel market in Europe will come just as the EU prepares to ban the import of Russian refined petroleum products by sea as of February 2023.
More European Refineries Offline
The benchmark diesel profit margins in Europe rose last week to the highest in two weeks, per Reuters’ estimates, while analysts and traders told Reuters that diesel prices are set to jump amid a tightening market.
In October, major refineries across Europe will undergo planned maintenance, bringing a total of 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline, according to estimates from Energy Aspects cited by Reuters. That’s higher than the September capacity under maintenance and above the five-year average before COVID.
Then there are unplanned outages, such as the current refinery outage in France due to a strike of refinery workers over disputes over pay. More than half of France’s refinery capacity is currently offline due to the strikes. Traders of diesel and other products in Europe are concerned that the uncertain timing of the return of that capacity would further tighten the market just ahead of the EU embargo on Russian oil products early next year.
Sounds like interesting times from early next year:-
We expect prices to really spike ... mid-January, probably February, but we may see a spike little bit earlier as the market starts to panic,” Williams told Reuters
And it looks like China is onto an export win with the Russian oil embargo next February:-
A potential savior of the tight global product market could be China, which has just issued its biggest fuel export quotas to its refiners for this year. More exports of fuels from China could alleviate the product market globally ahead of the EU embargo on imports by sea of Russian crude and refined products.
First, Russia will have to be dismantled, the old (present) system gutted and replaced by a completely new one from the ground up. They will have to spend a few years in the wildness while all this is taking place. When the signs of a new Russia start to emerge, then they should be helped, so that gradually they can become a democratic and law-abiding society.
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