First Batch Manufactured of Russia's all-new 'Poseidon' Underwater
Nuclear-Capable Drone
- Defensemirror.com Bureau
- 09:38 AM, January 16, 2023
Poseidon underwater drone @Kremlin
Russia’s latest doomsday
weapon, the ‘Poseidon’ underwater drone that can carry a nuclear warhead has
completed the first batch of its production process.
Poseidon will be equipped
on the Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod.
"The first batch of
Poseidon ammunition has been manufactured and will be soon delivered to
special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod,” a source close to the
Russian military and defense industry told TASS on Monday.
According to the source,
various trials of core components of Poseidon underwater drones, including the
nuclear power unit, were reported to be successfully completed.
The Poseidon will be
approaching the target for an intercontinental range at a depth of over 1 km
and at a speed of 110-130 km/h. It will be able to carry a nuclear warhead with
a capacity of up to 2 megatons to destroy enemy naval bases.
Belgorod was floated out
in April 2019. The submarine was initially planned to be delivered to the Navy
in 2020. According to available data, its delivery was delayed as the program
of its trials was not completed, which was also due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
The submarine is designed
to address diverse research tasks, implement research and rescue operations and
can carry deep-water rescue and autonomous unmanned submersible vehicles on its
board.
Under Russia’s state
armament program through 2027, shipbuilders will deliver three special-purpose
nuclear-powered submarines to the Russian Navy.
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