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23 of April, 15:04

The first sub-carrier system "Poseidon" launched On the "Sevmash" was launched on the nuclear submarine " Belgorod ", which will be the first Pilot carrier of unmanned systems " Poseidon ", reports journalist Last news from the ceremony.

Because of the special secrecy of the project the correspondents were forbidden to remove the submarine pictures and videos.

for the first time about the creation of Russia unmanned underwater vehicles, able to move at very great depths and at high speed, told in the past year, Vladimir Putin.

According to the President, these drones have the capability to carry both conventional and nuclear weapons that will enable them to strike aircraft carrier groups, coastal fortifications and infrastructure.

The pilot carrier is a submarine " Belgorod ", revised draft multi-purpose nuclear submarines 949A "Antey" (the analogue of the nuclear submarine "Kursk" ) under the code 09852.

Military expert Igor Korotchenko expressed the opinion that "Poseidon" is a strategic weapon that can be used only in the case of a nuclear aggression against Russia.



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