Russia exams nuclear-powered Poseidon beforehand known as for use in opposition to UK
Russia has efficiently accomplished exams on elements of its next-generation “Poseidon” torpedo, a Kremlin-backed outlet has claimed.
The testing centered on reactors for the Poseidon unmanned nuclear-powered underwater drones, and confirmed their “operability and safety”, Russian state news company RIA Novosti claimed on June 23.
Citing an unnamed supply within the “military-industry complex”, the news outlet added: “They are ready to work as intended.”
The first “sea tests” might be carried out later this summer season, RIA Novosti additionally mentioned.
Poseidon is a torpedo that may carry each standard and nuclear warheads.
RIA Novosti claimed the torpedo is “capable of causing a tsunami when used off the coast of the enemy”.
This improvement comes a number of months after a retired Russian navy commander, Yevgeny Buzhinsky, and Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov had overtly mentioned Britain being struck by Poseidon torpedoes if NATO troops dared to enter Ukraine.
During a chilling change on Russian TV Rossiya 1, Lt Gen Buzhinsky mentioned: “If we’re to imagine [Hungarian Prime Minister Victor] Orban, if they’re actually about to deploy troops [to Ukraine], effectively, it can all finish with Poseidon and a tsunami, a 300 or 500-metre wave.”
Mr Solovyov chimed in to say: “And then, Great Britain will be no more!”
To which Mr Buzhinsky replied: “Yes, Great Britain will definitely be no more, I am talking about the US.”
Assessing Poseidon’s potential hazard to the Western world, a report by the Congressional Research Service – a public coverage analysis institute of the US Congress – claimed in March 2022 Moscow intends for this to be a “second or third-strike option that could ensure a retaliatory strike against US cities”.
The existence of those weapons first got here to gentle within the West in 2015, three years earlier than Russia formally introduced them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned throughout an handle in March 2018 his nation had developed “unmanned submersible vehicles” a lot faster than submarines.
He boasted: “They are quiet, highly manoeuvrable and have hardly any vulnerabilities for the enemy to exploit. There is simply nothing in the world capable of withstanding them.”
One yr later, Russian state news company TASS claimed the nation’s Navy would deploy Poseidon drones throughout 4 submarines a part of the Northern and Pacific fleets.
In January, the company reported Russia had produced the primary set of torpedoes, that are anticipated to be operational between the top of subsequent yr and early 2025.