Russia to arm gigantic new submarine with Poseidon 'nuclear doomsday torpedoes'

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This weapon of mass destruction is capable of swamping coastal cities or military targets in a radioactive tsunami towering up to 90 metres high.

Vladimir Putin oversaw the launch of a vessel designed to carry a truly terrifying weapon of mass destruction President Vladimir Putin has just overseen the launch of a huge new submarine called the Belgorod, where it was announced the vessel will be capable of carrying the Poseidon ‘strategic underwater drone’.

Putin watched by video link as Ship Commander Captain First Rank Anton Alyokhin smashed a bottle of champagne against the submarine’s hull to celebrate its launch,The Belgorod is 184 meters, the longest sub ever built, and is the first of a fleet which will be armed with up to six Poseidons each. It’s expected to be in operation with the navy by the end of 2020.

The weapon of mass submersion has been described as Putin’s ‘doomsday machine’ and was announced by the man himself in a speech in Moscow last year. Some reports have claimed it will carry a warhead capable of exploding with the force of 200 megatons of TNT – making it four times as powerful as the Tsar Bomba, a Russian nuke which detonated in the biggest explosion ever sparked by humanity.

One Russian paper says Moscow to deploy underwater nuclear-capable drone; claims on impact it’ll produce “500 metre-high wave to wash away all life 1500km from the shore.” Professor adds: “If Europe behaves badly, send a sub with 200 megatons & let rip when needed”

 

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