The Russian news agency TASS reports progress in the construction of a new “superweapon” codenamed Poseidon. A first batch of 100-ton nuclear-powered torpedoes, designed to carry warheads thousands of miles underwater to coastal areas to devastate them with radioactive tsunamis, has been completed. It remains unclear whether the torpedoes destined for the giant submarine Belgorod are already armed with nuclear weapons.
The 184-meter submarine K-329 Belgorod, which was unveiled in 2019 and commissioned in 2021 and is the longest submarine in the world, has been officially classified as a research vehicle by Russia: powered by two nuclear reactors, it is intended to act as a quasi-mothership for underwater Drones are used, mini-nuclear power plants set up on the seabed to power sensor networks and carry up to six of the massive Poseidon torpedoes, which TASS classifies as drones due to their range of up to 10,000 kilometers. These torpedoes, once personally announced by Vladimir Putin as a “superweapon”, contradict the claim that it is a research vessel: Poseidon is intended to provide Russia with capabilities for devastating nuclear first and second strikes. The backgrounds.
Source: Krone
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