NATO warns of the mobilization of a nuclear submarine

The NATO has sent an intelligence report to its member countries in which it warns of the mobilization of the Russian submarine ‘K-329 Belgorod’nuclear missile carrier Poseidonalso known as the “Weapon of the Apocalypse”as reported this Sunday by the Italian newspaper The Republic.

All eyes point to Vladimir Putin, who seems to be behind this new challenge to the West. This fact adds to the threat of a possible nuclear conflict. The report details the latest movements of Belgorod, which became operational last July. yesAccording to various unofficial sources, it is possible that the Russian submarine was the responsible of the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

Now it is found in waters of the Arctic Ocean and NATO fears that its mission is to test for the first time the Poseidon torpedo, whose projectile has an ability to travel up to 10,000 kilometers under water and then perform an explosion near the coast to cause a radioactive tsunami. A wave that could destroy cities the size of New York.

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This submarine was presented by the Kremlin in 2018 as one of the systems that would return strategic supremacy to Russia. For this reason, the United States has created a network of infrared sensors to detect the departure of Russian missiles. The ignition of the motors causes extreme heat that is localized by these tools. However, these satellites do not see what is happening in the depths of the sea, since the supertorpedo was designed to emit very little heat and travel quietly at more than 100 kilometers per hour.

“It is a completely new category of weapon that will force a change in the planning of Western navieswhich will lead to defining new requirements and means to counteract it”, the expert Hi Sutton told The Republic.

Lacking large aircraft carriers and cruisers to compete with the United States, Russia has focused on developing underwater vehicles. Since the nineties, the skeleton of this nuclear submarine has been incomplete and parked. In 2019, the Russian president ordered to modify it to turn it into a large vehicle capable of operating at depths where no NATO ship can submerge.

At 184 meters long and 15 meters wide, it can navigate underwater at around sixty kilometers per hour and with unlimited autonomy: an estimate of 120 days without having to return to the surface.