Poseidon Death Threat

Russia is building up their military power in the Arctic on a massive scale. As part of this new arsenal, CNN has an interesting article about “tidal wave weapons” called the Poseidon 2M39 torpedo:

This unmanned stealth torpedo (translation here) is powered by a nuclear reactor and intended by Russian designers to sneak past coastal defenses — like those of the US — on the sea floor. The device is intended to deliver a warhead of multiple megatons, according to Russian officials, causing radioactive waves that would render swathes of the target coastline uninhabitable for decades.

So this is what melting ice and the opening of the Northern Sea Route gets the world – more weapons of war, more threats, more desire to control access, resources, shipping, etc. Even “nuclear drones” are said to be coming.

The Poseidon’s are nuclear powered torpedoes, using a very small nuclear reactor, carrying multiple warheads.

This unmanned stealth torpedo is powered by a nuclear reactor and intended by Russian designers to sneak past coastal defenses — like those of the US — on the sea floor.

The device is intended to deliver a warhead of multiple megatons, according to Russian officials, causing radioactive waves that would render swathes of the target coastline uninhabitable for decades.

In November, Christopher A Ford, then assistant secretary of state for International Security and Non-Proliferation, said the Poseidon is designed to “inundate U.S. coastal cities with radioactive tsunamis.”

From the translation:

The robotic vehicle, which resembles a large torpedo, has an unlimited range thanks to its compact nuclear engine. He is capable of diving up to 1 km depth. Its dimensions make it possible to install on it a powerful warhead, equivalent to several megatons of TNT. This is enough to inflict unacceptable damage to the coastal infrastructure of any potential enemy, as well as to destroy aircraft carrier strike groups. The possibility of installing conventional warheads with explosives on drones was also announced./blockquote>

This is typical human behavior (misery monkeys). Always seek the ‘advantage’, always find a way to exploit, always seek to control, own, dominate. This ‘deterrent’ has no known ability to be stopped if unleashed. You can’t stop a tidal wave, or the spread of radiation once released. Just one torpedo could disable and destroy (sink) an entire carrier group.

Yes, the threat is real, the weapons are now operational. With the sharp rise in Arctic buildup of the Russian military, there is no doubt that they are quite serious about gaining as much control as possible.