WORST NUCLEAR SUBMARINE DISASTERS

There are always risks when technology advances into  weaponized areas. These are the submarine accidents that had the most fatalities…

	Submarine	Country	Disaster	Date	Injured	Fatalities
1	USS Thresher (SSN-593)	USA	Sank	Apr 10, 1963		129
2	K-141 Kursk	Russia	Sank	Aug 12, 2000		118
3	USS Scorpion (SSN-589)	USA	Sank	May 22, 1968		99
4	K-8	Russia(USSR)	Fire	Apr 11, 1970		88
5	Eurydice	France	Sank	Mar 4, 1970		57
6	K-278 Komsomolets	Russia(USSR)	Sank	Apr 7, 1989		42
7	K-152 Nerpa	Russia	Unknown	Nov 8, 2008	21	20
8	K-431	Russia(USSR)	Explosion	Aug 10, 1985		10
9	K-27	Russia(USSR)	Reactor damaged	May 24, 1968		9
10	Greenville	USA	Collision	Feb 9, 2001		9

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LARGEST BATTLESHIPS

These floating fortresses are astounding examples of engineering. Check out the weight of these oceanic titans.

	Name(s)	Country	Weight (Tonnes)
1	Yamato	Japan	72809
2	Musashi	Japan	72809
3	BB-61 to BB-64	USA	55710
4	Bismarck	Germany	50153
5	Tiipitz	Germany	50153
6	Richelieu	France	47500
7	Jean Bart	France	47500
8	HMS Hood	UK	46200
9	B-55, BB-56	USA	44800
10	King George V	UK	44780

Yamato Hit by Bomb While Transiting the Sibyan Sea, October 1944

During the 3-day battle, Yamato is hit by a total of about 7 armor-piercing bombs.

Yamato avoids torpedo attacks, most of which are concentrated on her sister, Musashi, which is sunk.

Yamato ships 3000 tons of water as several bombs penetrate the deck and blow out holes in the sides of the ship on the way to Leyte (Note the blow of smoke coming out sideways in the photo.)

A 5 degree list to port develops but is corrected by counter-flooding the 'blisters' along the starboard side of the ship, righting her to a 1 degree list. Down slightly at the bow, she continued onward. Source: IJN Yamato Record of Tabular Movement, linked on index page.

This photo was taken Oct 26, 1944, when Yamato was returning home.

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MISSILES WITH THE LONGEST RANGE

Nations around the world have developed some mighty missiles capable of travelling extraordinary distances as part of their defense systems…

	Name	Country	Range(KM)	Range (MI)
1	Taepo Don-2	North Korea	15000	9320.6
2	DF-5A	China	13000	8077.8
3	Minuteman III	USA	13000	8077.8
4	DF-5	China	12000	7456.5
5	DF -31A	China	11270	7002.9
6	SS-27	Russia	11000	6835.1
7	SS-25	Russia	10500	6524.4
8	SS-18/19	Russia	10000	6213.7
9	M51	France	8000	4971
10	SS-N-18	Russia	8000	4971

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BATTLING MOVIE ROBOTS

When it comes to Team T-10’s love of the movies, we adore all things robotic! Here are the ’bot fights that we have watched over and over again, MANY times...

	Robot War	Movie	Date
1	Rodimus Prime vs Unicron	Transformers: The Movie	1986
2	Sentinel Prime vs Optimus Prime	Transformers: Dark Of The Moon	2011
3	Atom vs Zeus	Real Steel	2011
4	Megatron vs Optimus Prime	Transformers: The Movie	1986
5	T-XvsT-800	Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines	2003
6	EVE & WALL*E vs Axiom’s Robots	WALL-E	2008
7	T-800 vs Marcus Wright	Terminator Salvation	2009

ATOM Vs ZEUS

To make the robot boxing fights in Real Steel look as realistic as possible, a lot of the action was based on motion captured from actual boxers’ moves.

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