Updated on 14:10: The Centre for Countering Disinformation of the NSDC claims that the NATO intelligence report, cited by La Repubblica, was not published on the Alliance’s website as of 3 October. "Hardly anybody believes that the super-torpedo may be ready at present however, even a simple announcement of a test would allow the Kremlin to demonstrate a unique ability in fighting against the West: a weapon against which there is no defence," the news outlet reports. It is believed that some tests were carried out as early as 2015, but there were no launches from the Belgorod submarine. The development of Poseidon has lasted for years with sceptical assessments of NATO officials. The exact date when the warning was sent to the Allies is unknown. Now the command of NATO allies has warned that Poseidon may be tested in the area of Kara Sea it’s a 24-metre torpedo with a nuclear warhead, weighing two megatons. However, its involvement has been questioned, since the submarine is one of the largest ones in the world, and it would be extremely difficult for it to make it to the Baltic Sea undetected. In recent days, the Belgorod submarine has often been mentioned in analytical reports that concerned the subversive act that recently occurred at Nord Stream gas pipeline, as this is one of the activities for which it was designed. We have launched English Twitter! Follow us! The K-329 Belgorod submarine is considered a prototype of a new concept of war conceived by Putin's admirals in recent years, after U.S.-Russia relations worsened. Experts explain that the same effect can be achieved with intercontinental ballistic missiles, which have existed since the 1960s. Poseidon is an unmanned underwater vehicle that is said to be capable of travelling vast distances underwater before exploding with enough force to cause a massive nuclear tsunami designed to inundate and irradiate coastal cities.Ī polluted wave can erase such metropolises as New York or Los Angeles to the ground.
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