Nuclear torpedo
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A nuclear torpedo is a torpedo armed with a nuclear warhead. The idea behind equipping a torpedo with a nuclear warhead was to create a much bigger explosive blast. Later analysis suggested that small
The nuclear US Mark 45 anti-submarine torpedo
Soviet submarine B-59
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Soviet submarine B-59 was a Project 641 or Foxtrot-class diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy. B-59 was stationed near Cuba during the 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 and was pursu
Nuclear torpedo
…this decreased its effectiveness in the waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic. On 27 October 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet submarine B-59 was pursued in the Atlantic Ocean by the U.S. Navy. When the Soviet vessel failed to surface after broadcast communications, the destroyer USS Beale…
B-59 near Cuba with a US Navy helicopter circling above, c. October 28–29, 1962