ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

Let me tell you about an #AtomicAge monstrosity

#ProjectPluto

It wasn't a #nuclear #missile, it was a nuclear *powered* missile. So it could fly almost forever

Do you see the teensy tiny problem?

The fucking thing constantly spewed nuclear #radiation

🤦

Luckily canceled

Constantly irradiating the atmosphere might be slightly bad huh?

Glad to put that in the dustbin of history

Right?

"Russia tested new nuclear-powered #Burevestnik cruise missile"

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/russia-tested-new-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile-top-general-says-2025-10-26/

Fucking #Russia

Oct 27 at 4:45pmWeb
Show threadSeán FenianOct 27
@benroyce Gad. Pluto was UTTERLY MAD. They ended up altering its use plan to just fly back and forth over the target nation until it fell out of the sky, spewing radiation as it went, until the entire region was contaminated.
Show threadtaxetOct 27

@benroyce that’s the kind of dirty weapon I’m pretty sure is already banned by the Geneva convention or something, but then again Putin is also technically a wanted man globally but no one has arrested him yet even though he’s been traveling here and there.

I remember as a kid believing in international law and order but I guess that was never a thing. I’d ask for a refund but I’m not entirely sure how that would even work yet or who I need to make my case to.

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESOct 27

@taxet

We're leaving the era of international norms (which was always flouted anyways) and entering the era of "I can do anything I want, who cares who I hurt LOL"

😒

Show threadDavid Scott MoyerOct 27
@benroyce More than anyone ever wanted to know, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
9M730 Burevestnik - Wikipedia

Show threadnothingiseasyOct 27
@benroyce I read an article about that type of nuclear missle. The author described it as a “flying Chernobyl”.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESOct 27

@Robgbysea

well now it's real rather than some old cautionary tale

thanks to fucking Russia

Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeOct 28
@benroyce i notice it doesn't say "successfully tested"
Show threadMidgePhotoOct 28
@benroyce Appeared in a grim #SF novella by @cstross called #AColderWar as #XKPluto IIRC.
It seems very expensive and of dubious utility now.
Mind you, #Russia looks increasingly that way.