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** Contrary to the popular opinion, modern nukes can be amazingly small. Most common ''strategic'' warheads in use, in the 150 kiloton yield class, are just about the size of a small microwave, though much, much heavier, about 100 kg/220 lb. If one agrees to limit the yield to the 20 kiloton (just about the Fat Man device) it could be further shrunk to maybe 30 kilos and the size of a vacuum flask. In fact, the smallest tactical warheads are those used in the artillery shells, both by the US and SovietUnion[=/=]Russia, and they have to fit into the modern 152/155-mm cannons.
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** Contrary to the popular opinion, modern nukes can be amazingly small. Most common ''strategic'' warheads in use, in the 150 kiloton yield class, are just about the size of a small microwave, though much, much heavier, about 100 kg/220 lb. If one agrees to limit the yield to the 20 kiloton (just about the Fat Man device) it could be further shrunk to maybe 30 kilos and the size of a vacuum flask. In fact, the smallest tactical warheads are those used in the artillery shells, both by the US and SovietUnion[=/=]Russia, [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]][=/=]Russia, and they have to fit into the modern 152/155-mm cannons.
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Fictional sub, possibly a "Yankee", that is mentioned in the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Chimera" [[spoiler: with a nuke from the sub being retrieved by ''USNS Chimera''.]]
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Fictional sub, possibly a "Yankee", that is mentioned in the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Chimera" [[spoiler: with a nuke from the sub being retrieved by ''USNS Chimera''.]]
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The fictional, the vague, the portable or a combination of the three.
* Suitcase nukes- these are particular popular versions of Russian nukes, slightly helped by the fact they are real.
** They are the threat in season six of ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'' and one goes off.
** The villains in ''Big Trouble'' get hold of one without realizing what it is, not even after they ''activate'' the countdown timer. Fortunately, it falls into the Atlantic Ocean before it blows up.
** In real life, "suitcase nukes" are the size of ''duffle bags, at least'' though they're still capable of being carried in by a single person. Their main purpose is to serve as strategic ''demolition'' devices, smuggled by an agent to some sensitive installation and then detonated.
** Contrary to the popular opinion, modern nukes can be amazingly small. Most common ''strategic'' warheads in use, in the 150 kiloton yield class, are just about the size of a small microwave, though much, much heavier, about 100 kg/220 lb. If one agrees to limit the yield to the 20 kiloton (just about the Fat Man device) it could be further shrunk to maybe 30 kilos and the size of a vacuum flask. In fact, the smallest tactical warheads are those used in the artillery shells, both by the US and SovietUnion[=/=]Russia, and they have to fit into the modern 152/155-mm cannons.
* ''[=MiG-31=] "Film/{{Firefox}}"'': If the eponymous plane really existed and had reached operational service, it would almost certainly be used for small nukes.
** The real [=MiG-31=], NATO reporting name "Foxhound", was actually an interceptor developed as a replacement for the [=MiG-25=] "Foxbat". The [=MiG-31=]'s armament consists of four R-33/AA-9 "Amos" air-to-air missiles, six other missiles and a 23mm cannon, no nukes.
* ''Film/GoldenEye'': Not clear whether this is the actual name, a CodeName or a translation from Russian (the back translation- ''Zolotoy Glaz'' is the movie's Russian title). Two KillSat nukes designed to cause mass EMP damage. One takes out its own control centre (and a couple of Russian fighters) as part of the theft of it by Xenia Onatopp. The second is de-orbited in the climax before it can be used on London. This device would be illegal under the Outer Space Treaty.
* The Soviets stick one of their nukes on a space launcher to destroy the Cyber Fleet in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Invasion".
* "Oceanic research vessel ''Maxim Gorky''" (Yeah, right!): The ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' episode "Condemned" features a Soviet submarine turning up off the coast of one of the Aleutian Islands where a nasty (Soviet-made and released without authorisation in Afghanistan) virus has broken loose. Has the distinctive hull of the "Alfa", "Victor" and "Akula" class, but doesn't make any of them exactly due to a bulge at the front. It seems to be a modified "Victor III". During the process of an EnemyMine scenario, the Commander goes crazy (the antidote makes people super-paranoid for a while) and orders "Strike Plan Beta", resulting in the launch of...
* "Seasnake" (Reporting Name only given): subsonic, nuclear equipped cruise missiles, launched with the intention of destroying most of the island. Stringfellow and Caitlin are successfully able to shoot all three down before they reach their targets.
** Notably, there ''does'' exist a subsonic, submarine-launched, nuclear tipped Russian cruise missile: 3K10/S-10 "Granat", AKA SS-N-21 "Sampson", a "Tomahawk"-analogue, which were usually used exactly on "Victor III" subs. Their improved successors, the (mostly) conventional 3K54 "Kalibr" missiles,[[note]]though they can easily take the same nuclear warheads as "Granats"[[/note]] now make the main strike armament of the Russian Navy.
* ''Korolev'' -''Daedalus''-class battlecruiser from the Franchise/StargateVerse, given to the Russians in return for continued use of the Russian Stargate at the SGC. Destroyed in the battle with the Ori at the end of season 8- only six crew members, Daniel Jackson and Cameron Mitchell escape.
'''Riga aircraft'''
From the Charles L. Taylor novel ''Show of Force'', these are Soviet naval VTOL fighters, a development of the "Forger" with improved capabilities and probably a supersonic top speed. They feature extensively in the novel, based from Admiral Kupinsky's "''Kiev''" class flagship ''Lenin'' and his other aviation cruiser ''Minsk'' They must be considered nuclear-capable, possibly with guided missiles.
The ''VideoGame/{{Harpoon}}'' recreation uses Yak-141 "Freestyles" to play the aircraft.
'''K-269'''
Fictional sub, possibly a "Yankee", that is mentioned in the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Chimera" [[spoiler: with a nuke from the sub being retrieved by ''USNS Chimera''.]]
* Suitcase nukes- these are particular popular versions of Russian nukes, slightly helped by the fact they are real.
** They are the threat in season six of ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'' and one goes off.
** The villains in ''Big Trouble'' get hold of one without realizing what it is, not even after they ''activate'' the countdown timer. Fortunately, it falls into the Atlantic Ocean before it blows up.
** In real life, "suitcase nukes" are the size of ''duffle bags, at least'' though they're still capable of being carried in by a single person. Their main purpose is to serve as strategic ''demolition'' devices, smuggled by an agent to some sensitive installation and then detonated.
** Contrary to the popular opinion, modern nukes can be amazingly small. Most common ''strategic'' warheads in use, in the 150 kiloton yield class, are just about the size of a small microwave, though much, much heavier, about 100 kg/220 lb. If one agrees to limit the yield to the 20 kiloton (just about the Fat Man device) it could be further shrunk to maybe 30 kilos and the size of a vacuum flask. In fact, the smallest tactical warheads are those used in the artillery shells, both by the US and SovietUnion[=/=]Russia, and they have to fit into the modern 152/155-mm cannons.
* ''[=MiG-31=] "Film/{{Firefox}}"'': If the eponymous plane really existed and had reached operational service, it would almost certainly be used for small nukes.
** The real [=MiG-31=], NATO reporting name "Foxhound", was actually an interceptor developed as a replacement for the [=MiG-25=] "Foxbat". The [=MiG-31=]'s armament consists of four R-33/AA-9 "Amos" air-to-air missiles, six other missiles and a 23mm cannon, no nukes.
* ''Film/GoldenEye'': Not clear whether this is the actual name, a CodeName or a translation from Russian (the back translation- ''Zolotoy Glaz'' is the movie's Russian title). Two KillSat nukes designed to cause mass EMP damage. One takes out its own control centre (and a couple of Russian fighters) as part of the theft of it by Xenia Onatopp. The second is de-orbited in the climax before it can be used on London. This device would be illegal under the Outer Space Treaty.
* The Soviets stick one of their nukes on a space launcher to destroy the Cyber Fleet in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Invasion".
* "Oceanic research vessel ''Maxim Gorky''" (Yeah, right!): The ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' episode "Condemned" features a Soviet submarine turning up off the coast of one of the Aleutian Islands where a nasty (Soviet-made and released without authorisation in Afghanistan) virus has broken loose. Has the distinctive hull of the "Alfa", "Victor" and "Akula" class, but doesn't make any of them exactly due to a bulge at the front. It seems to be a modified "Victor III". During the process of an EnemyMine scenario, the Commander goes crazy (the antidote makes people super-paranoid for a while) and orders "Strike Plan Beta", resulting in the launch of...
* "Seasnake" (Reporting Name only given): subsonic, nuclear equipped cruise missiles, launched with the intention of destroying most of the island. Stringfellow and Caitlin are successfully able to shoot all three down before they reach their targets.
** Notably, there ''does'' exist a subsonic, submarine-launched, nuclear tipped Russian cruise missile: 3K10/S-10 "Granat", AKA SS-N-21 "Sampson", a "Tomahawk"-analogue, which were usually used exactly on "Victor III" subs. Their improved successors, the (mostly) conventional 3K54 "Kalibr" missiles,[[note]]though they can easily take the same nuclear warheads as "Granats"[[/note]] now make the main strike armament of the Russian Navy.
* ''Korolev'' -''Daedalus''-class battlecruiser from the Franchise/StargateVerse, given to the Russians in return for continued use of the Russian Stargate at the SGC. Destroyed in the battle with the Ori at the end of season 8- only six crew members, Daniel Jackson and Cameron Mitchell escape.
'''Riga aircraft'''
From the Charles L. Taylor novel ''Show of Force'', these are Soviet naval VTOL fighters, a development of the "Forger" with improved capabilities and probably a supersonic top speed. They feature extensively in the novel, based from Admiral Kupinsky's "''Kiev''" class flagship ''Lenin'' and his other aviation cruiser ''Minsk'' They must be considered nuclear-capable, possibly with guided missiles.
The ''VideoGame/{{Harpoon}}'' recreation uses Yak-141 "Freestyles" to play the aircraft.
'''K-269'''
Fictional sub, possibly a "Yankee", that is mentioned in the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Chimera" [[spoiler: with a nuke from the sub being retrieved by ''USNS Chimera''.]]
