LIVE: Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered, and nuclear-armed underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, declaring that the new weapons can’t be intercepted.
Putin’s statement came just days after he hailed a successful test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile
Putin said that the Poseidon torpedo was tested on nuclear power for the first time on Tuesday, describing it as a “huge success.” He said that Poseidon is unmatched in speed and depth and “there is no way to intercept it.”
“The power output of Poseidon significantly exceeds that of even our most advanced intercontinental-range missile, Sarmat”, the Russian President added.
The announcement came three days after Moscow revealed it had tested the new Burevestnik missile, which means “storm petrel” in Russian, the world’s first nuclear-powered missile. That propulsion gives it virtually unlimited range, allowing it to loiter for days, circling the enemy’s air defenses and attacking from an unexpected direction.
Putin first announced the Poseidon torpedo and Burevestnik missile in a 2018 state-of-the-nation address, along with several other prospective weapons, declaring they would be able to dodge air defenses.
By holding nuclear drills and boasting about a successful test of new missiles and drones, Putin is sending a message to U.S. President Donald Trump: Moscow won’t be cowed into making concessions on Ukraine.
Facing Trump’s call for a quick ceasefire and bruising, new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, Putin is again reminding the U.S. and other Western allies of Kyiv about his nuclear arsenal to back his longstanding, maximalist demands.
He has said Ukraine must pull back its forces from the four regions that Russia has annexed illegally but never fully captured, as well as abandon its bid to join NATO — demands rejected by Kyiv and its Western allies.
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