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Originally Posted by Kapitan
Wouldnt have even been like that, the SS-N-23 is a tough missile unlike its liquid fueld cousins ...
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The respective missile family uses liquid fuel and they are certainly not tough. Rockets are lightly built because every bit of weight saved means more payload or fuel (=range).
I doubt if the warheads are designed to withstand a violent fuel explosion. On the other hand the K-219 incident seemingly did not result in a nuclear disaster which does not mean it cannot happen.