Unconventional or " off label " use of modern [ post 1945] weapons

I've seen accounts that the Soviets/Russians have designed the SS-N-16 anti-submarine missile to be used for strategic attack by setting a nuclear depth bomb for ground bursts.
 
@Khanzeer possibly, although it'd be overkill for anything smaller than an aircraft carrier or maybe battleship. I think the more relevant usage is as a nuclear deterrent/land-attack weapon. An NDB set to surface burst wouldn't be as efficient as a dedicated air-burst nuclear device, but it's still a nuke. Any coastal city hit by it is gonna be in a world of hurt, and AIUI it flies quite fast and low, so basically almost as good in practice as a nuclear-armed Tomahawk.
 

Khanzeer

Banned
@Khanzeer possibly, although it'd be overkill for anything smaller than an aircraft carrier or maybe battleship. I think the more relevant usage is as a nuclear deterrent/land-attack weapon. An NDB set to surface burst wouldn't be as efficient as a dedicated air-burst nuclear device, but it's still a nuke. Any coastal city hit by it is gonna be in a world of hurt, and AIUI it flies quite fast and low, so basically almost as good in practice as a nuclear-armed Tomahawk.
And could possibly destroy and damage multiple destroyer size ships in port/ naval base ? So in a sense can severely deplete the conventional naval forces of its opponents too
Could the charlie/ yankee / Delta class subs fire the SSN 16 too ?
So far I've only heard of victor , akula and sierra using them
 
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I feel like F101 voodoo was used far more in the recon role than its original fighter one.That seems off label to me
CF-101 Voodoos served as RCAF interceptors from 1961 to 1987. They protected the USA's northern border from bears … er .. Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers.
 
Seismographs were rare until both Russia and the USA started using them to monitor underground nuclear tests. Previously, seismographs were used to study and attempt to predict local earthquakes. Vastly increased numbers of seismographs and analytical computers soon led to the theory of Plate Techtonics/Continental Drift.

All branches of oceanography benefitted from increased funding during the Cold War. Sedimentary soil samples from the Black Sea confirmed the biblical story of Noah's Flood and helped climatologists understand the bigger picture of climate change, ice ages, volcanic eruptions, cycles of feast and famine, etc. Funny how the Russian Navy did not welcome NATO oceanographic ships into the Black Sea??????
 

Khanzeer

Banned
CF-101 Voodoos served as RCAF interceptors from 1961 to 1987. They protected the USA's northern border from bears … er .. Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers.
Could the F101 voodoo be modified into a strike platform ? Either for use with USAF or with other client states like Taiwan, turkey , iran , japan etc
 
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