Putin announced the tests of the Poseidon device with a nuclear installation
Russia conducted tests of the Poseidon underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant the day before, Vladimir Putin said. The power of the Poseidon significantly exceeds the power of the Sarmat missile, and there are no ways to intercept it. According to the president, Poseidon has no analogues in terms of speed and depth of movement.
On October 28, Russia conducted tests of the Poseidon underwater vehicle, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with soldiers of the SVO who are currently undergoing treatment at the surgical department of the P.V. Mandryk Central Military Hospital in Moscow.
For the first time, it was possible to launch a nuclear power plant, on which the device has passed a certain amount of time," the head of state said.
According to him, this is a huge success.
About Poseidon
The Poseidon with a nuclear power plant is much more powerful than the promising Sarmat intercontinental missile, Putin said in an interview with the military.
Poseidon also has no analogues in terms of speed and depth of movement, and there are no ways to intercept such a device, Putin stressed. The reactor of the underwater vehicle is 100 times smaller.
Addressing the servicemen, the head of state stressed that it was important for them to know what promising weapons developments Russia had.
"You are fighting at the front, risking your life. And, of course, you think how much it (Russia. - "Newspaper.Ru") will be able to continue to move forward, strengthen its defense capability and generally strengthen itself. Well, these are also such elements related to this work," Putin stressed.
For the first time, the president announced the development of this unmanned vehicle in a message to the Federal Assembly in 2018. Poseidon was previously known as Status-6, the NATO code name is Kanyon. In fact, it is a nuclear torpedo that can cause guaranteed unacceptable damage to the territory, creating extensive zones of radioactive contamination and tsunamis.
According to open sources, the Poseidon is 20 meters long, 1.8 meters in diameter, and weighs 100 tons. It can carry both conventional and nuclear weapons and hit aircraft carrier groups, coastal fortifications and enemy infrastructure.
Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma's Defense Committee, expressed confidence that no country in the world currently has analogues of the new Russian Poseidon weapon. According to him, this device is capable of disabling "entire states."
"There is currently no antidote or means of countering it. No one has analogues today," he said in an interview with SHOT .
About the "Petrel"
Putin also spoke about the "unconditional advantages" of the new Burevestnik missile. "We can be proud of the achievements of our scientists, specialists, and engineers who did all this," Putin said, speaking about the recent tests of the Burevestnik.
The nuclear technologies involved in the Burevestnik will be used in the lunar program and the national economy, including they can be used to solve the problems of energy security in the Arctic, the president said. These technologies are already being used in space programs.
On October 26, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported that the tests of the Burevestnik with a nuclear jet engine took place on October 21. The rocket covered 14 thousand kilometers and was in the air for about 15 hours. According to Reuters, the launch took place in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago.
Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma, called Burevestnik "a response to those who are trying to encroach on Russia's sovereignty and freedom." "These weapons are the guarantor of the right to justice in the whole world," he concluded.
Leonid Tsvetaev
