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Originally Posted by Kurushio
Though as Bubblehead Nuke said, if there is a danger there could be pollution if the sub is torn apart in an explosion...do they design torps so it doesn't destroy the sub but just damages it enough to make it sink?
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It's actually unclear exactly how much you really need to sink a submarine. If you just rattle it enough so that a the right pipe breaks at the right depth, you won't even have to pierce the hull. By the same token, submarines are typically quite hardened, intended to withstand nearby nuclear explosions. Exactly how the likelihood of the weak components and the strong components failing catastrophically plays out isn't exactly clear.