![]() It would, apparently, be launched by nuclear-powered submarines of the 09852 "Belgorod" and 09851 "Khabarovsk" series. It was developed by Rubin, a submarine design bureau in St Petersburg. It said the drone would reportedly have a maximum range of 5,400 nautical miles (10,000 kilometers) while traveling at a depth of 1,000 meters. Radio Sputnik, which is part of the Russian state news agency Sputnik, featured an interview with Igor Korotchenko, chief editor of the magazine Natsionalnaya Oborona (National Defense), who provided further details about the Status-6 weapons system.Īccording to the document, the drone would be launched from two new models of submarines that Russia has started producing over the past three years. In the wake of the incident, state media have prominently featured an interview with a defense expert giving more details about the "secret" weapon, fueling speculation that the original leak was no accident. But some observers suspect it was not by accident. ![]() President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that NTV and state-run First Channel and NTV had erred by slipping 'secret data' into their broadcasts, and that the authorities would take steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. The document states that the planned weapons system will be able to create "extensive zones of radioactive contamination" in "enemy" coastal areas, making them "unsuitable" for military, economic or other activity "for a long time." The meeting can be watched on YouTube, with details about the weapon starting at 1:49. NTV television and Channel One state television, which are under strict Kremlin control, both featured footage from a meeting that President Vladimir Putin held with top defense officials in the southern Russian city of Sochi.Īt one point, the camera points over what appears to be the shoulder of one of the uniformed military officials attending the meeting, at a document he is holding headlined "Ocean Multipurpose System 'Status-6.'” The document includes drawings of what appears to be a torpedo or an underwater drone. In bland but chilling language, the document said the purpose of the pilotless subs - still on the drawing board and at least a decade away from any possible production - would be to 'strike important enemy economic facilities in coastal areas.' The Russian government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta later reported details of the weapon, without showing the diagram, and speculated about a super-radioactive cobalt device. The 100-megaton warhead could devastate US coast with massive tsunami and intense radiation. Such a torpedo was envisaged in 1950s, during Cold War, by nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov - later a famous dissident and peace activist. Drones will get high speed and unlimited cruising range.įor a few seconds on 10 November 2015, evening news programs showed a document with drawings and details of a planned Russian nuclear-capable underwater drone that would be launched from a submarine, dubbed Status-6. As sources previously reported to TASS, Poseidon will be able to carry a nuclear warhead with a capacity of up to two megatons to destroy enemy naval bases. ![]() According to the Ministry of Defense, the Poseidon vehicles, together with the carrier submarines, are part of the so-called oceanic multipurpose system. Submarines "Belgorod" and "Khabarovsk" must carry six Poseidon vehicles. The first Poseidon carrier - Project 09852 Belgorod submarine - was launched on April 23, 2019. Then the factory sea trials of the submarine will begin," the source in the military-industrial complex source said. "The withdrawal of the Khabarovsk submarine from the Sevmash shipyard is planned for the spring - summer of next year. ![]() The Project 09851 Khabarovsk special-purpose nuclear submarine, capable of carrying up to six Poseidon strategic drones, will be launched in the first half of 2021. While this is all very exciting to talk about, probably this is a cover story for the actual missions of this large Unmanned Undersa Vehicle, which is probably part of Russia's emerging Harmony undersea surveillance system, a SOSUS with Russian characteristics. Public discussions of this system almost always focus on its "doomsday machine" nuclear retaliation role. He noted that such drones can be equipped with both conventional and nuclear warheads and will be able to destroy enemy infrastructure, aircraft carrier groups, etc. Status-6 / Kanyon / SS-N-38 / Poseidon - Ocean Multipurpose Systemįor the first time, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about a Russian unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant in his message to the Federal Assembly in March 2018. ![]()
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