![]() Putin sees the Poseidon as a key to his ultimate military supremacy over the West, it has been reported.Īnother propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov has previously threatened that the Poseidon 'approaches the target at a one kilometre depth with the speed of 200 kilometres per hour. 'Of course, six missiles cannot make the tipping point,' he said. The threats are believed to be the result of the UK's staunch support for Ukraine, which became the first NATO country to announce it would send 14 next-generation battle tanks to the war-torn country in the form of Challenger 2 tanks.īuzhinsky was angry that Putin's missile bombardment of Ukraine had not gone far enough. The propagandists' remarks follow a pattern that has developed on Russian state media since the Ukraine war began of threatening Britain with nuclear holocaust. RT propaganda empire chief Margarita Simonyan added: 'The UK will not be there.' It would be drowned 'straight away', she said. Solovyov interjected: 'Great Britain will not exist then.' Buzhinsky, 72, agreed and insisted: 'Britain will definitely not exist.' ' sends troops, it will end up with Poseidon, of course, and a tsunami. 'Tsunami, tsunami, yes, tsunami,' replied pro-war Buzhinsky. 'Of course, there are such means as Poseidon, which has been tested,' Buzhinsky said.Ī smirking Solovyov responded: 'I would like to see how Poseidon works, I would like to see Sarmat in action.' That would make Poseidon roughly twice as powerful as the Tsar Bomba - the largest nuke ever created - which obliterated everything within a 60mile radius when it was tested in 1961, shattering the windows of buildings up to 560miles away.īuzhinsky also claimed on Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 that the 'unstoppable' 6,670mph hypersonic missile Zircon was 'about to be used in combat operations' after testing. While the exact payload is unknown, the size of the nuclear warhead seen in leaked designs suggests it could have a yield of up to 100 megatons. It is also thought to be able to dive to 1km, which would also put it out of range of current torpedos. Poseidon is thought to be capable of traveling up to 115mph which would give it the ability to out-run any torpedos that might be used to destroy it. ![]() In order for an operator to control the drone, it would have to stay within range of some kind of control tower. The tube is though to contain a nuclear reactor theoretically giving the drone an unlimited range if traveling on a pre-set course to its target. Once launched, it acts like a drone and can be remotely guided to its target. Poseidon is made up of a 65ft tube that is almost 6ft in diameter which can be carried by specially adapted submarines and launched like a torpedo. Moscow claims it is unstoppable by current nuclear defences, and could be used to destroy coastal cities or blow up aircraft carriers and their battle groups. Poseidon is a Russian nuclear weapon currently in development that is a blend of torpedo and drone.
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