In the image from space of Maxar Technologies, demonstrating the oceanographic research vessel "Akademik Alexandrov" of the 20183 project in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), you can see a product that resembles a Russian torpedo of the apocalypse - a nuclear underwater drone "Poseidon" 2M39, writes the American edition of USNI News.
The publication says that on the specified ship, the pictures of which were obtained in August, they saw the Poseidon 2M39 or its prototype. The publication assures that the appropriate infrastructure has been built in recent years to work with a nuclear drone in the area where the vessel is located.
USNI News writes that "Poseidon 2M39" represents a new category of strategic weapons and changes the very form of the nuclear threat." "Although the specifications of the system are hidden due to secrecy, assumptions and misinformation, it is expected that the new weapon will work extremely deep underwater and will be fast, based on the assumptions arising from its design," the publication says.
In March, the British magazine Navy Lookout showed a possible image of the Russian nuclear submarine K-329 "Belgorod" of project 09852 with the AS-31 "Losharik" nuclear deep-water station (AGS) of project 10831.
In the same month, Zvezda wrote that the Russian advanced nuclear submarine Poseidon 2M39 is the deadliest torpedo in the world.
The development of the Poseidon 2M39 strategic drone capable of carrying nuclear warheads was first officially announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his address to the Federal Assembly in March 2018. It was noted that the underwater vehicle will be equipped with an innovative nuclear power plant and is a weapon of mass destruction capable of hitting targets on water and on shore.
Ivan Potapov