Doomsday Torpedoes: Live Testing of Soviet Naval Nuclear Weapons, 1954-1962

“… provides many useful illustrations and drawings to tell an important and little-known story.” – National Maritime Historical Society

In the aftermath of the Second World War, relations between the Soviet Union and its former Western allies rapidly deteriorated into the Cold War. At sea, the USSR faced a glaring disadvantage. To redress the balance, it armed many of its warships with nuclear weapons ranging from torpedoes to ballistic missiles. Doomsday Torpedoes explores the history of th...