Here comes Russia’s first serial submarine to carry nuclear-powered giga-torpedoes

“Today is a significant event for us – the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Khabarovsk is being launched from the renowned Sevmash shipyard,” Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said after Navy Commander Admiral Aleksandr Moiseev has smashed the traditional bottle of champagne into the hull of submarine.

The Defence Ministry confirms on Telegram that the new submarine will carry robotic weapon systems.

The Poseidon is a post-doomsday weapon unlike any ever seen in any previous arms race. Formed like a giant torpedo, the weapon is nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed, and can allegedly travel down deep with intercontinental range.

Little was known to the public about the new submarine before it was unveiled on Saturday. Construction started in July 2014, long before Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin in 2018 announced that his engineers were developing a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed second-strike unmanned robotic vehicle that is supposed to travel across the Atlantic or Pacific to hit coastal targets in the United States. 

Earlier this week, Putin said a successful test of the Poseidon, including a start of the reactor, was done. The test likely took place in the Kara Sea, east of the Arctic archipelago Novaya Zemlya.