Russia may be preparing a test of its new nuclear "doomsday" torpedo sometime in the coming weeks, a senior U.S. official said.

U.S. intelligence monitored Russian naval vessels leaving their base and entering an Arctic testing area, the official told CNN, among which was Russia's new Belgorod nuclear submarine. The Belgorod carries the new Poseidon autonomous nuclear torpedo, a "doomsday" weapon with a massive payload and wide range, hypothetically boasting the ability to strike anywhere in the world. However, the official told the outlet that any such test would be unlikely to involve a nuclear detonation, but a malfunction in the weapon's propulsion could result in radioactive leakage
The Belgorod, the first Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine, was commissioned in the northern Russian city of Severodvinsk, the headquarters of the Northern Fleet, according to U.S. Naval Institute News. The ship was put into active service earlier this year.

The Belgorod grabbed headlines as being the first submarine capable of launching the Poseidon, an "Intercontinental Nuclear-Powered Nuclear-Armed Autonomous Torpedo," the largest torpedo ever created, according to naval expert H. I. Sutton. The nuclear-armed torpedo is twice as large as submarine-launched ballistic missiles and 30 times larger than a standard torpedo.

The Poseidon is particularly deadly due to its essentially unlimited range and untraceable nature, making it nearly impossible to intercept, unlike some nuclear weapons launched via ballistic missile. Much about the weapon remains shrouded in mystery, however, and it's likely that the Kremlin would like to see it tested more to prove its capabilities.

The weapons system made headlines in May when Dmitry Kiselyov, a presenter for state-owned media company Russia-1, threatened to use the Poseidon to destroy the United Kingdom and Ireland in a nuclear tsunami. He said the weapon's 100-megaton yield would produce a 500-meter-high radioactive tsunami that would turn the British Isles into a radioactive desert, a claim disputed by Western experts.

Let them go on, we are waiting for them, or are they afraid of testing it.

And this is why the Russian army is so weak.

Oligarchs steal all the money meant to improve their army. the only cash that is not stolen that much is money used for expensive nukes that Russia themselves dare not use. Can't even attack the British Isles because UK subs with nukes will in response obliterate Russia.

All their money wasted on a dick measuring contest for nukes. Now they are drafting overweight civilians with no training and pulling out rusty 1965 era tanks and artillery pieces for their conventional war. Going cap in hand to beg for missiles and artillery ammunition from Iran and north Korea.

Such a shame.

And USA building nukes is not a waste. Some people are so funny. Thank you Russia. If not for Russia, the self acclaimed world police would have take the whole world to ransom. I don't know when God pronounce USA as the world police. I can just imagine forcing LGBT on other culture. Animals.

babyboy4every1:
And USA building nukes is not a waste. Some people are so funny. Thank you Russia. If not for Russia, the self acclaimed world police would have take the whole world to ransom. I don't know when God pronounce USA as the world police. I can just imagine forcing LGBT on other culture. Animals.

The good thing about this war is that the US dare not attack any country in the next 20 years. Russia will provide arms and intel because a dangerous precedent has been set after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

texazzpete:
And this is why the Russian army is so weak.

Oligarchs steal all the money meant to improve their army. the only cash that is not stolen that much is money used for expensive nukes that Russia themselves dare not use. Can't even attack the British Isles because UK subs with nukes will in response obliterate Russia.

All their money wasted on a dick measuring contest for nukes. Now they are drafting overweight civilians with no training and pulling out rusty 1965 era tanks and artillery pieces for their conventional war. Going cap in hand to beg for missiles and artillery ammunition from Iran and north Korea.

Such a shame.

You sir are very correct.