One of Iran’s newest warships capsized in port over the weekend while undergoing repairs, an incident that could damage key warfighting systems and put the ship out of commission for up to half a year, a naval analyst said.
The 311-foot-long frigate Sahand was at a dock in the port of Bandar Abbas when it “lost its balance” after water leaked into its tanks, according to a report from the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
A photo from the semi-official Tasnim News Agency showed the warship, with a displacement of about 2,000 tons, resting on its left side in the Bandar Abbas port.
The ship, which Tasnim said entered service in December 2018, is one of the bigger vessels in Iran’s fleet, equipped with antiship cruise missiles and an electronic warfare system.
I think you need to read up on nuclear warhead yields, because if you are seriously saying a few of their barely working centrifuges can make yields that can create nuclear fusion explosions large enough to destroy a continent, you sound dumb.
It’s not dumb at all.
The early US warheads had a design such that a wrong electrical signal, as simple as a static electricity spark or short circuit from a corroded insulation piece somewhere, could trigger the detonation sequence and cause a full-strength detonation of the warhead. There are lots of ways it can happen, not all of them obvious in advance until it happens; fires, air accidents, lightning, or all kinds of accidental human mishandling while they’re being assembled or moved around or maintained or God knows what else. And it only takes once.
I can’t find it now, but I swear that there was an incident that involved the accidental release of an H-bomb during an aircraft accident over the American south where the damn thing managed to somehow do exactly what was described and send the wrong electrical signal while it was being jostled around or burned or whatever, and it was only the elaborate multiple safety systems the Americans had built into it (after some painful experience had taught them they had to be careful with the fucking things) that stopped it from detonating for real and blowing up half of Georgia or something. When they found the thing on the ground, it was fully ready to go, and it was only because the one little additional redundant “are you sure?” switch was still set to “no” that it didn’t go off.
And you can build a bomb without adding the safety systems. No one stops you; there’s no pop up that says you can’t put these pieces together because it’s not safe yet. And your boss might get really, really mad at you if your nuclear weapon isn’t ready yet because you need to add something that might not be needed. I think it’s a very real concern.
There are multiple incidents that kind of fit, but I think you are talking about this one: Wiki article
That’s the one
The bomb was about 250 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. I don’t know exactly how it works, but if it’s simple multiplication, then you could say that everything for 480 miles in any direction would have been more or less destroyed.
No one thinks that. A nuclear attack is generally assumed to cascade counter launches by other regional neighbors, so on, and so forth.
This probably wouldn’t happen, as I’ve even read reports suggesting a conventional response (albeit overwhelming) may be more likely.
No one thinks Iran’s nukes would crack a continent.
norimee@lemmy.world and others here think they can, hence why I believe people here are dumb.
That is not my perception of the root comments “blow up half the world” line.
Your perception of reality is optimistic in the face of the amount of stupidity you seem to encounter every day.
You seem to consistently plug your ears with your fingers and sing, and that’s not the right way to fix things.
You need to call out stupidity when you see it, stop being scared of people not liking you. This is why your life is slowly crumbling around you.
You’re doing a whole lot of assuming. Especially that I wasn’t calling out stupidity I’m the first place. 😉
Sounds like you should call out my stupidity harder
Why are you like this
Maybe it’s a call for help? Likely there’s a psychological reason we can research.
I’ve read the root comment a few times and cannot see what you’re huffing about. They didn’t say anything about the creation of the weapons.
The entire comment revolved around the country’s capability of keeping one in functional condition without an accident occurring, as seems to so often happen.
My comment made some edits.
I don’t see that norimee’s initial comment was edited. I do see that your reply to them has been.
Due to spelling and punctuation.
Based on your other comments, I’m going to wish you well and hope tomorrow you have a better day. Cheers.
Thanks! Same to you.
Yea, nuclear bombs are super small and weak. It’s just propaganda that they deliver any destructive power at all.
The last nuke used in wartime was full of confetti and streamers. You sheep need to get it together.
More like accidentally launch one at India / Pakistan and watch that area of the world burn.