This first appeared in 2018 and is being reposted due to reader interest. Michael Peck is a contributing writer for the National Interest. No less is doubtful is Poseidon the Carrier-Killer. Whether Poseidon adds much to Russia’s strategic nuclear forces is doubtful. carrier, couldn’t Russia saturate a carrier’s defenses with a volley of conventionally-armed hypersonic missiles like the Mach 5-plus Khinzal? And if nukes are being used, Russia has no shortage of missiles, bombs and aircraft to target American ships. aircraft carrier (presumably Poseidon is too expensive to waste by arming it with a mere high-explosive warhead). The puzzle is why a giant robot submarine would be needed to detonate a nuclear warhead near a U.S. Let’s also leave aside the question of why, if Russia really is that advanced in reactor design, its regular nuclear submarines aren’t so blessed. It is a hundred times smaller than the units that power modern submarines, but is still more powerful and can switch into combat mode, that is to say, reach maximum capacity, 200 times faster.” Putin added that Poseidon’s “nuclear power unit is unique for its small size while offering an amazing power-weight ratio. There is simply nothing in the world capable of withstanding them.” They are quiet, highly maneuverable and have hardly any vulnerabilities for the enemy to exploit. In a March 2018 speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin described his nation as being able to “move at great depths - I would say extreme depths - intercontinentally, at a speed multiple times higher than the speed of submarines, cutting-edge torpedoes and all kinds of surface vessels, including some of the fastest. A very fast, nuclear-armed drone could prove difficult for American anti-submarine defenses to stop. More intriguing is the suggestion that Poseidon could be used against U.S. could intercept 500 or more Russian ballistic missiles, a delivery system that could take days or weeks to reach its target seems hardly an efficient deterrent. ![]() ![]() ![]() But even in the unlikely event that the U.S. first strike even if American missile defenses were capable of stopping hundreds of Russian ICBMs. What we know of it mostly stems from a 2015 leak on Russian TV of a government project for an underwater nuclear drone. Russia suggests the Poseidon is a retaliatory weapon that would revenge a U.S. The Poseidon underwater drone also known as Status-6 and in the United States as Kanyon is basically a very large, nuclear-powered autonomous torpedo armed with a nuclear warhead.
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