Russia's Autonomous Submarine Nuclear System Poseidon will be an effective tool that Moscow can use in its negotiations with the United States. Military expert Brent Eastwood writes about this in 19FortyFive.
He explains that this type of weapon is not a missile and that this makes classification difficult during arms control negotiations. In addition, the potentially unlimited range and secrecy of the Poseidon could be a response to Washington's deployment of a global missile defense system, giving President Vladimir Putin leverage over the Americans.
It is noted that the coastal cities of the United States are capable of becoming the target of Poseidon, armed with nuclear warheads with a capacity of up to two megatons. According to the publication, by 2027 Russia will have 50 such torpedoes.
In August, the American edition of USNI News noted that in the image from space by Maxar Technologies, demonstrating the 20183 project Akademik Aleksandrov oceanographic research vessel in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), one can see a product resembling the size of the Russian torpedo of the apocalypse – the Poseidon nuclear underwater drone “2M39.
