[hunglee2]

The Poseidon torpedo is a nuclear powered, nuclear armed UAV - you can imagine it cruising around the oceans on near unlimited energy supply waiting for the order to strike at the pre-programmed target - an aircraft carrier it is trailing or a perhaps coastal city. It will either be a genuinely a new category of doomsday weapon or a white elephant, along the lines of Nazi super guns and 100T tanks.

[groffee]

All sides already have that capability now and have for coming up to a century now.

[AlbertCory]

> a genuinely new category of doomsday weapon

Doomsday, perhaps. Genuinely new, no. Several countries have had the theoretical ability to leave a nuke on the ocean floor with a timer and/or a remote control, for decades now.

[strangattractor]

I can also image it wondering around the globe and mistaking a cruise ship for something and blowing it up. Much like shooting down a Korean Airlines Jet and MH17.

[gdy]

Or like the Ukraine shooting down Russian passenger jet flying from Israel [0]. Or like the US shooting down Iranian passenger jet and later giving medals to the crew that did it [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia_Airlines_Flight_1812

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655#Post-tour_...

[drran]

Tu-154 was shot by Russian Air Defense, but RF blamed Ukraine instead. Please, update Wikipedia with materials from multiple courts.

[gdy]

Gaslighting much?

[drran]

No evidence was found that a Ukrainian (or another) S200 missile hit the plane.

20 years passed - no evidence found. Moreover, now we know the name of Russian officer of air defense who ordered to shut the plane, we know that he did that because transponder was turned off on the plane, because the plane was on mission to gather intel about air defense in EU, but you still insist on replaying Russian propaganda?

[gdy]

Ukrainian Ministry of Defense paid $15 mln to the victims, but then lawsuits followed demanding more money and the Ukraine suddenly started to deny its guilt. Classic story.