Named after a Greek god, little is known about this underwater missile that Russia’s president trusts more than anything
Russia tested Burevestnik on October 21st and Donald Trump reacted quickly. He didn’t like it and made sure Vladimir Putin knew about it.
But the Kremlin doesn’t seem to care at all, so much so that it announced a new test, this time with one of its most fearsome weapons, the Poseidon super torpedo, which it guarantees will be devastating and impossible to intercept.
The nuclear-capable underwater missile is one of the highlights of the Russian Armed Forces, which developed this missile with the ability to spread radioactive waves from the ocean, amplifying the damage beyond the impact.
Although there are not many details about the torpedo named after the Greek god of the sea, it is known that it is a kind of cross between a drone and a nuclear torpedo.
Apart from the tea and cupcakes served at the Moscow hospital where Vladimir Putin visited soldiers injured in the war in Ukraine, the test dominated the agenda of the Russian president, who confirmed the shooting carried out this Tuesday, exactly one week after some nuclear tests were carried out.
“For the first time, we were able to not only launch it with a launch engine from a transport submarine, but also launch the nuclear power unit in which this device spent a certain period of time,” he said, and then added that “there is nothing like it”.
This is so, assured Vladimir Putin, an impossible-to-intercept super torpedo that has a range of 10 thousand kilometers and travels at 185 kilometers per hour.
Together with Burevestink, this is yet another message from Russia, stressed the Russian president, who does not want to see the country bowed to Western pressure. Both were announced in 2018 with the same objective, responding to the United States’ defensive shield.
As for the characteristics of the Poseidon, it is a torpedo developed in the logic of an arms race in which the United States, Russia and China compete.
This underwater missile, which NATO calls Kanyon, is 20 meters long and 1.8 meters in diameter, weighing 100 tons, according to the Russian press.
