Floriana Bulfon talks about it on Repubblica, the alarm went off, according to a NATO intelligence report, following the movements of the nuclear submarine Belgorod, which became operational last July. He would return to dive in the Arctic seas and it is feared that his mission is to test the super torpedo for the first time ever. Poseidon, defined by Putin "the weapon of the Apocalypse".
The war potential of the new Russian weapon, capable of destroying the main American coastal cities by unleashing a gigantic radioactive tsunami
In 2019 in the Russian war industry magazine, Voenno-promyshlenny kurer an article has appeared, dedicated to Poseidon, titled "Tsunami targeting Washington”, In which the author, Choro Tukembayev, suggested using the new weapon to unleash a tsunami that, thanks to the Gulf Stream, could raze the American capital.
Tukembayev proposed to launch Poseidon against the southwestern slope of the Icelandic volcano Snayfelsyokud, to make it slide into the ocean. "The landslide will create an anomalous wave that from the Irminger Sea to the coasts of Labrador, in a southwest direction “, Argued Tukembayev in the article.
Furthermore, the author added, the destructive effects would be exacerbated by radioactivity. Previously, the same magazine had published an article by the director of the Russian Academy for Geopolitical Problems, Konstantin Sivkov, which argues that to destroy the United States it was necessary to use nuclear missiles to hit sensitive geophysical areas of the country.
The submarine nuclear torpedo Poseidon it was presented by the Russian president in his speech to the Federal Assembly in March 2018.
The detailed tactical and technical characteristics of the "Poseidon" are not officially known, but it is known that the underwater vehicle, of about 24 meters, is equipped with an innovative nuclear engine that allows it to move to greater depths in the oceans with unlimited autonomy. at over 100 km per hour (many observers inside Russia claim that it can reach 200 km per hour). It is, in essence, a weapon of mass destruction designed to destroy the enemy's economic and strategic structures.
The development of the new weapon was included in the state arms program which provided for delivery to the Russian Navy in 2027, the events of our day probably anticipated its delivery.
The Tass agency in 2019 reported that "Two submarines equipped with Poseidon drones would enter service with the Northern Fleet, and two with the Pacific Fleet". As far as defense is concerned, according to analysts, it is not easy to intercept a missile traveling underwater as there is almost no possibility that it can be detected by thermal sensors or satellites.
The submarine K-329 Belgorod, 184 meters long and 15 meters wide, it can navigate underwater at about sixty kilometers per hour and with unlimited autonomy. Its propellers have been designed to escape sonar. In recent days, the Belgorod, due to its operational capabilities, was mentioned on the story of the sabotage of the Nord Stream I and II gas pipelines.
On the matter, Western intelligence is certain that the Belgrod, on the other hand, never departed from the White Sea, in fact it would have been reported in the waters at the gates of the Arctic for a series of secret tests.
In the Kara Sea, in fact, the Belgrad would be ready to experiment, for demonstration purposes, the Poseidon, with a nuclear warhead probably of two megatons.