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And if you don’t think they are, then answer why they built a super cavitating torpedo (underwater rocket), a weapon only useful when used with a nuclear warhead.

Secondly why are they developing a graphite moderated reactor, when these are specifically used for the primary purpose of enriching uranium and plutonium for weapons. (They do produce power, but they are much more expensive, and more dangerous than light water reactors). A light water reactor produces more power, is safer, cleaner, but is not good at enriching uranium, but yet the Iranians are producing a graphite moderated one.

Thirdly why doesn’t the mass media report this kind of stuff?
Persian Boy
You didn’t answer either of my questions. Why a graphite moderated reactor? You simply stated that they had a right to develop one, but said nothing on why they would choose a design specifically built to maximize Uranium and Plutonium enrichment, if they are truely only attempting to develope nuclear energy?

Also, I was speaking specifically about the supercavitaging torpedo, not just any torpedo. It is true that non-cavitaging torpedo’s can use conventional warheads, this is because they use sonar guidance. With a conventional warhead you must be within feet of the target, therefore guidace is absolutely necessary.

Supercavitaing torpedo’s travel at such high speed (200+ knots), that sonar is usless (the flow noise caused by the torpedo at speeds in excess of 50 knots render sonar usless). Because of this ALL supercavitating torpedo’s including the Skvall and Irans’s are un-guided. They may only get withing a couple miles of a target. Hence the MUST be NUCLEAR.