Russia could have ‘nuclear super torpedo subs’ ready to launch by 2025
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Vladimir Putin's Russia plans to have submarines kitted out with “super torpedoes” in the Pacific Ocean by the end of next year, the Kremlin has claimed.
The terrifying new weapons, Poseidon torpedoes, were announced by Moscow four years ago and now it seems the new nuclear weapons will be ready in the near future.
They are thought to be a cross between drones and torpedoes, although the exact details of the weapons remain shrouded in mystery.
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According to TASS, they are to be deployed on the Belgorod and Khabarovsk nuclear submarines.
Despite the raised tension and the increased concern, National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said the US government had not had “any indications Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon”.
News of the new strategic nuclear deterrent comes after heightened tensions over Belarus.
Russia has now announced it is going to store tactical nuclear weapons there.
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The move has been denounced by Ukranian officials, with their wartorn nation sharing its northern border with Belarus.
Ukraine ’s top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said Russia was now effectively keeping its ally as a “nuclear hostage” following the announcement.
Russia has been vocal in its justification of the move, claiming that it has done so as a response to what it perceives as increased support for Ukraine from the west.
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Putin specifically pointed to a move made by the UK to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium-filled armour-piercing rounds.
Speaking about the decision, Putin said: “We are doing what they have been doing for decades, stationing them in certain allied countries, preparing the Ulaunch platforms and training their crews”.
Mr Danilov has been clear in the denunciation of the move and said it was “a step towards internal destabilisation” and was a furtherment of “the level of negative perception and public rejection” felt by the people of Belarus towards Russia and Putin.
He added that the move, “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage”.
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