Russia is testing a nuclear torpedo in the Arctic that has the power to trigger radioactive tsunamis off the US coast

•.Russia is testing a nuclear torpedo in the Arctic.
• The "doomsday" device has the power to trigger radioactive tsunamis off America's East Coast.
• The Pentagon said it was watching developments "very closely."


Russia is planning to deploy a nuclear-powered missile to the Arctic next summer that's designed to detonate off the coastlines of enemy countries, CNN reported.

Satellite images provided this week to CNN by Maxar, a satellite company, indicated that Russia is testing weapons in the region and building significant military infrastructure in the Arctic — which is increasingly free of ice because of climate change.

CNN reported that Russia would deploy the Poseidon 2M39 missile to its Arctic region next summer. The missile has been referred to in reports as a "doomsday" device because of its devastating power.

The device — images of which first surfaced on Russian state television in 2015 — is an underwater nuclear torpedo designed to hit the ocean floor, kicking up a radioactive tsunami that could spread deadly radiation over thousands of miles of land, rendering it uninhabitable.

putin Russia torpedo arctic
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Getty
Russia is testing a nuclear torpedo in the Arctic.
The "doomsday" device has the power to trigger radioactive tsunamis off America's East Coast.
The Pentagon said it was watching developments "very closely."
See more stories on Insider's business page.

Russia is planning to deploy a nuclear-powered missile to the Arctic next summer that's designed to detonate off the coastlines of enemy countries, CNN reported.

Satellite images provided this week to CNN by Maxar, a satellite company, indicated that Russia is testing weapons in the region and building significant military infrastructure in the Arctic — which is increasingly free of ice because of climate change.

CNN reported that Russia would deploy the Poseidon 2M39 missile to its Arctic region next summer. The missile has been referred to in reports as a "doomsday" device because of its devastating power.

The device — images of which first surfaced on Russian state television in 2015 — is an underwater nuclear torpedo designed to hit the ocean floor, kicking up a radioactive tsunami that could spread deadly radiation over thousands of miles of land, rendering it uninhabitable.

Russian President Vladimir Putin requested an update on a "key stage" of the tests in February from his defense minister, and more tests are expected later this year, the Times of London reported.

Russia and NATO countries with a presence in the Arctic region have been increasing their activity there in recent years as rising sea temperatures make it more accessible, Insider's Christopher Woody reported.

Russia has the world's longest Arctic coastline and derives about a quarter of its GDP from the region, and the Northern Sea Route is a valuable shipping corridor for Moscow.

The Pentagon on Monday said it was watching reports of Russian military activities and infrastructure build-ups in the Arctic "very closely."

"Without getting into specific intelligence assessments, obviously we're monitoring it very closely," said Pentagon press secretary John F. Kirby at a briefing Monday.

"Obviously we're watching this, and, as I said before, we have national-security interests there that we know ... we need to protect and defend," Kirby said.

"And as I said, nobody's interested in seeing the Arctic become militarized."

oz4real83:
Russia and North Korea may joke with the welfare of their people but they don't joke with security, even in the midst of abject poverty and failed economies, these countries still keep on pumping their scarce resources into producing things that are capable of decimating the whole world. They keeping forgetting that after the war, everybody loses in one way or the other

seunny4lif:

Have ever been to Russia before saying rubbish?
The USA has over 10M homeless people but I don't see that in Russia.

Did the USA have free basic health care?
Did the USA give her Covid19 payment?

Yet they tell you Russia is joking with her citizen because you watched too much CNN and BBC

seunny4lif:

Have ever been to Russia before saying rubbish?
The USA has over 10M homeless people but I don't see that in Russia.

Did the USA have free basic health care?
Did the USA give her Covid19 payment?

Yet they tell you Russia is joking with her citizen because you watched too much CNN and BBC

seunny4lif:

Have ever been to Russia before saying rubbish?
The USA has over 10M homeless people but I don't see that in Russia.

Did the USA have free basic health care?
Did the USA give her Covid19 payment?

Yet they tell you Russia is joking with her citizen because you watched too much CNN and BBC

seunny4lif:

Have ever been to Russia before saying rubbish?
The USA has over 10M homeless people but I don't see that in Russia.

Did the USA have free basic health care?
Did the USA give her Covid19 payment?

Yet they tell you Russia is joking with her citizen because you watched too much CNN and BBC

Davefed:
after everything if you are given opportunity to japaa it will be USA you will go without given Russia a second thought.

oz4real83:
in 2013, the Russian GDP was $2.3trillion, in 2019, the GDP fell to $1.64trillion dollars. In 2020, it fell to $1 3trillion. The economy is also largely dependent on oil and Energy just like Nigeria and is susceptible to the same frequent oil shocks that other oil-dependent countries suffer.
The Trump administration gave each American some financial assistance. This isn't what I got from Google, some people I know were beneficiaries of this. Also, the Biden administration has also done the same this. Each American child just received $450.
Not everybody is daft on Nairaland, try to respect other people's views and if you have contrary views, express them without insult.

michresakidjo:



Can putin and his kleptomaniacally pathetic and cretin oligarchs afford Stimulus package for Russians?

Puloc:

Those Russians u're bad mouthing are vaccinated for free and protected from foreign harm unlike ur country. He has supported them in agriculture and is opening up new areas in the service sector. Forget the economic sanctions, it's meaningless except u deend on Western trade alone. Much of their trade now is with Asian countries and some eastern European nations nad much of their money value is backed off by Gold standard not dollar or American economy anymore. Again their president just said he's going to take measures to support their businesses. wat did ur own do? hide palliatives and loot resources