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
B-59 near Cuba with a US Navy helicopter circling above, c. October 28–29, 1962
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
Soviet submarine B-59
…the submarine, out of contact with Moscow and the rest of the world and believing they were under attack and possibly at war, came close to firing a T-5 nuclear torpedo at the US ships. On the night of October 1, 1962, B-59, the flagship of a detachment of sister ships B-4, B-36 and B-130, departed secretly from its…
The nuclear US Mark 45 anti-submarine torpedo