TASS: the first Poseidon torpedo ammunition was manufactured for the Belgorod submarine The production of the first ammunition of the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicles for the Belgorod nuclear submarine has been completed, a source told TASS.
The agency also previously reported that the crew of the Belgorod submarine completed a series of throwing tests of the mass-dimensional layout of the Poseidon torpedo. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok talks about the features of this project.
The production of the first ammunition set of unmanned underwater vehicles "Poseidon" for the nuclear submarine "Belgorod" has been completed. This is reported by TASS. According to the agency, the first separate tests of the main components of Poseidon were successful.
As the newspaper wrote earlier .Ru", a giant self-propelled torpedo, also known as "Status-6" and having the NATO code designation Kanyon, is equipped with a nuclear power plant and a thermonuclear warhead.
2M39 "Poseidon" is a fully robotic high-speed (up to 200 km/h) deep-sea low-visibility nuclear submarine of miniature dimensions (diameter 1.8 m, length 20 m, weight - about 100 tons). Poseidon is the largest torpedo in the world, it is 30 times heavier than the standard one.
As the newspaper wrote earlier .Ru", "Doomsday torpedo", as also called "Poseidon", has virtually unlimited range. The developers of the system are the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology Rubin (JSC "TSKB MT Rubin") and the St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite" named after Academician Nikolay Isanin (JSC "SPMBM "Malachite"). In government contracts, the project appears under the name "Cephalopod" (from Lat. Cephalopoda - "Octopus").
The Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle will pose a serious threat to coastal US cities such as New York and Los Angeles. The Russian Ministry of Defense calls it a multipurpose weapon and claims that this device can be used against aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy.
The Belgorod nuclear submarine, the carrier of the 2M39 Poseidon self-propelled submarines, will serve to test the combat use of this type of weapon, as well as to gain experience in operating such carrier boats in the Russian Navy. A revised submarine project based on this submarine is already planned for serial production and deployment in fleets.
The Belgorod nuclear submarine of Project 09852, launched on April 23, 2019, is equipped with six Poseidon devices. Creative development of Belgorod - Khabarovsk nuclear submarine.
The design of the submarine is classic - double-hull. The main power plant of the submarine is nuclear, probably with a water-water reactor with a capacity of up to 190 MW. Khabarovsk will be equipped with a water jet propulsion system, which is installed on all new submarines of the Russian fleet. This decision indicates the desire of the developers to reduce the noise of the submarine to the lowest possible level.
Presumably, the number of crew of the submarine will be about 100 people. Other characteristics of the ship are as follows: the length of the ship is about 113 m; the width is more than 12 m; the diameter of the hull is about 10 m. The underwater displacement of the submarine is about 10 thousand tons. The speed of the underwater course of the Khabarovsk is up to 32 knots. The range of navigation is unlimited. The working depth of immersion is not more than 500 m. Autonomy - 90-120 days.
As for the Khabarovsk's armament, the submarine, like the Belgorod, is equipped with six 2P39 launchers of 2M39 Poseidon self-propelled underwater vehicles. There is reason to believe that the submarine is armed with a certain number of conventional 533 mm torpedo tubes for self-defense. In addition, there is evidence that Khabarovsk will receive both Kalibr-PL missiles and hypersonic Zircons, as well as the Package-PL complex installed on the Borey-M rocket launcher. It allows the submarine to repel the enemy's torpedoes and escape unharmed.
The West will certainly need time to create a new weapon capable of intercepting the Poseidons. The speed and depth of immersion of this device make it virtually invulnerable to the current generation of modern torpedoes.
On January 10 of this year, the crew of K-329 Belgorod of project 09852 completed a series of throw tests of a mock-up of the Poseidon nuclear torpedo, considered a "Doomsday weapon".
Mikhail Khodarenok
