At a time when the noise of boots is heard on the border with Ukraine, Russia is also pursuing its
“heavy metal diplomacy
”
on and under the oceans
, to use the expression of British researcher Mark Galeotti.
Clearly, its demonstrations of force aimed at recalling its status as a nuclear power.
Last week, a source from the Russian military-industrial complex indicated that the nuclear submarine
Belgorod,
built in Severodvinsk and currently in the testing phase, would be deployed in the Pacific fleet.
Now it turns out that this submersible
"with strategic aims"
will be one of the Russian submarines carrying the atomic-powered nuclear torpedo Poseidon 2M39.
It is one of the “disruptive weapons” - including hypersonic missiles - presented by Vladimir Putin in March 2018.
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Poseidon (also called Status-6 or, for the CIA, Kanyon) is an underwater drone measuring 24 meters in length (and 2 in diameter), which could spin up to 100 knots (185 km / h) at 1,000 meters
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