The underwater submarine-launched ballistic missile “Poseidon” known as the “Doomsday Torpedo”. Figure: Flip Twitter (file photo)
NATO’s intelligence agency recently announced that Russia’s first nuclear submarine capable of carrying nuclear torpedoes, the Belgorod (K-329), headed to Arctic waters, fearing that its ultimate purpose is to test “doomsday weapons” nuclear torpedoes “Poseidon”.
According to the Italian newspaper la Repubblica on the 2nd local time, the NATO naval command warned that the Russian Belgorod was “close to testing” the super torpedo Poseidon. Some analysts pointed out: “It is dangerous to make predictions, although we do not think that a Poseidon test can be ruled out. It may be a routine exercise to test new weapons systems. Or it may be mainly a political move , a show of strength. Testing a nuclear device, even without a warhead, could be a factor in Russia’s choice to escalate the scale of the war”
The nuclear torpedo “Poseidon” is known as a “doomsday weapon” with a range of 10,000 kilometers, a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour, and can also evade monitoring by the US satellite network. If it exploded at sea, it would be able to trigger a tsunami-like wave of polluted water and destroy a metropolis like New York.
The Belgorod began to serve the Russian army in July this year. The hull is 182 meters long and has a displacement of nearly 24,000 tons. It can carry up to 6 Poseidons, attack aircraft carriers and destroy coastal infrastructure. In addition to combat It also has the ability to collect extensive intelligence. The US military “Power” website revealed that the Russian military may also use this for espionage, deep-sea rescue and other special operations missions.
According to the US “Newsweek” (Newsweek) report, experts analyzed that if Russia does conduct a nuclear test, the consequences of the “Poseidon” test will depend on the design and yield of the nuclear bomb. In addition to the nuclear warhead, experts believe that the nuclear-powered thruster may also be a small nuclear reactor that would surely release radioactive material if it exploded.
“One theory is that Poseidon contains a large amount of cobalt-59, which turns into radioactive cobalt-60 when it explodes,” the expert said. “The purpose is to maximize the release of radioactivity and to be durable. This weapon was made by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was designed to In an apocalyptic device, as much radioactive cobalt would be released to high schools as possible, rendering large parts of the planet uninhabitable. Cobalt would also contaminate water and adversely affect any living things around it.”
The British “Daily Mail” mentioned that if Poseidon explodes close to the British coast, it will sweep across the United Kingdom, causing the land to become a radioactive desert, and it will never be able to do anything. The Daily Mail warns Russia that if the tests go ahead, it will be “the latest attempt to terrorize the West in Ukraine’s failed war”
The official WeChat account “Privy Council No. 10” under the Chinese state media Global Times bluntly stated that the Western media so exaggerated Russia’s nuclear threat with the intention of smearing Russia as a threat to world security. Many of its claims are unreliable. However, he believes that the Russian media does not seem to care much about the smearing of the Western media, but is more concerned about the shock and deterrence of this strategic weapon to the West. Because Russia’s conventional weapons are at a disadvantage in confrontation with the West, strategic nuclear weapons have become Russia’s most important trump card.
