![]() The latest report comes after a secret NATO report in late September raised concerns about Belgorod’s deployment in Arctic seas, possibly to test the Poseidon UUV for the first time.īased on the reports above, it appears that the Russian Navy might have spent more than a month in the Arctic Sea preparing for the test but aborted allegedly due to technical difficulties. The US officials believe the test might not have been carried out because of technical difficulties. However, some weapons experts say its payload is more likely to be six torpedoes.Įarlier, the US observed the Russian naval vessels, including Belgorod, leaving the testing area in the Arctic Sea and heading back to port without conducting a test. It is specially customized to launch unmanned underwater vehicles, including the Poseidon torpedo.Īccording to a US Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, the Belgorod could carry up to eight nuclear-tipped Poseidons. The Belgorod submarine was constructed from the hull of an Oscar-II cruise missile submarine that was never completed. However, at the time of its induction, it was not revealed where the Belgorod would be deployed. Throw firing of the Poseidon super-torpedo model was carried out to clarify the behavior of the submarine at different depths after the launch,” the source said.Īccording to unnamed senior US officials cited by CNN earlier, the US Intelligence observed the Russian naval vessels possibly preparing for the first-ever test of Poseidon nuclear torpedoes capable of hitting American coastal cities.Īmong the vessels involved in the alleged preparations was the nuclear-powered Belgorod submarine the Russian Navy inducted in July. ![]() This was reported to TASS, citing a source close to the Russian military department.Īccording to the source, the test’s purpose was to check the operation of the Poseidon launch system. The crew of the Belgorod nuclear submarine has reportedly completed a series of tests of the Poseidon torpedo mock-up.
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