Vladmir Putin’s “city-killer” submarine armed with “apocalypse drone” torpedos has been spotted lurking just 270 miles from the Nato border, new images suggest. The infamous Belograd was spotted docked in a port in Severodvinsk, – close to the Russian Arctic – in what is being viewed as Putin’s latest chilling warning to the West.
According to defence expert H.I. Sutton, the submarine is “believed to have been back for a while” following a spell operating in the Barents Sea, north of Russia’s Kola Peninsular. The powerful K-329 Belgorod can reportedly trigger radioactive tsunamis and wipe out enemy coastlines with its underwater drone torpedo, Poseidon.
And as the tyrant continues his shambolic invasion of Ukraine invasion, there are fears Russia’s giant nuclear-capable torpedo is primed and ready. Earlier this year, we reported how the Russian Navy took delivery of the “city killer” submarine – which at 604ft is the longest sub ever built in the world – in July after successful trials.
Details of the submarine’s high speed 125mph underwater propulsion system have long been a closely guarded Russian secret. But the latest images suggests that Putin is doing anything to hide the location of the 14,700-ton war machine, prompting speculation from experts that it could be used as a show of force, Naval News report.
Mad Vlad previously vowed to use “any means” to defend the four Ukrainian regions annexed to Russia, but in recent weeks has seen his forces battered by heroic Ukrainian forces on the frontline. As a result, Nato members fear the Belgorod could soon become a realistic option as Russian troops continue to suffer humiliation in the Ukraine war.
The monster sub, which was previously hailed as a “game changer” for Putin’s navy, can carry up to eight Poseidons, each 79ft long, ready to unleash Armageddon. H.I. Sutton previously told La Reppubblica: “It is a completely new type of weapon that will force Western navies to change their planning and develop new countermeasures.”
First announced in 2015, some thought the Poseidon wouldn’t come to fruition – but it quietly took to sea for the first time last year amid threats to sink British and US warships in the Black Sea. It has reportedly been in development since before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The revolutionary design – based on the Oscar II class cruise missile subs – has been extensively modified to specialize in covert missions. The sub was made its giant length so it could carry the devastating nuclear-tipped Poseidon torpedoes guided by artificial intelligence.
Eerie footage of a successful “field test” of the Poseidon last year showed the weapon being released by soldiers on a sub and featured green waves in the supposed aftermath of the explosion.
The nuke can be dropped onto the seabed by a sub or ship and zoom past underwater defences at reported speeds between 70 and 125 knots. A two-megaton warhead is designed to trigger a tsunami, generating a 300ft wall of radioactive water to devastate coastal cities.
The sub also has Bond villain-style secret compartments to launch mini-subs and drones for covert sabotage and spying ops – such as cutting undersea cables – alongside its nuclear weapons. Christopher A Ford, a former assistant secretary of state for International Security and Non-Proliferation, told CNN the torpedo is being designed to “inundate US coastal cities with radioactive tsunamis”. (SOURCE)
