Russia and world just escaped nuclear disaster?

[Kapitan]

Originally Posted by mapuc

That came as a surprise for me.

if the atombombs had exploded, it would not have resulted in a decidedly nuclear explosion, but more of a dirty bomb

Markus

Wouldnt have even been like that, the SS-N-23 is a tough missile unlike its liquid fueld cousins, they are heavy large and designed to deal with heat, the warheads are designed to take huge amounts of heat because they have to re enter the atmosphere so no real chance of a dock yard fire getting that hot in a consentrated area in that amount of time.

The reactors are very insulated as are all nuclear submarines of all the fires onboard nuclear submarines none have resulted in the discharge of radioactive material from warheads or reactors to my knowlege