Russia To Place Submarines With Nuclear Torpedoes In The Pacific By 2024: Report
NDTV
The torpedoes are being developed for deployment on the Belgorod and Khabarovsk nuclear submarines.
Russian is planning to complete the construction of its coastal infrastructure in early 2024. The country is planning to build it in the Pacific Ocean for basing nuclear submarines that will carry the Poseidon nuclear-capable super torpedoes, state-owned news agency TASS reported.
In January, Russia produced the first set of the Poseidon torpedoes, four years after President Vladimir Putin announced the fundamentally new type of strategic nuclear weapon, confirming it would have its own nuclear power supply, Reuters reported.
The report further shares a few confirmed details about the Poseidon in the public domain, but it is essentially a cross between a torpedo and a drone which can be launched from a nuclear submarine.
The torpedoes are being developed for deployment on the Belgorod and Khabarovsk nuclear submarines, TASS reported.
