Russian submarine armed with Poseidon nuclear drones to be deployed in the Pacific

(Natural News) A new Russian submarine armed with nuclear drones is set to be deployed in the Pacific Ocean.
The Belgorod submarine will serve the Russian Navy once it clears state tests starting in May. A news agency in the country said the submarine will be nuclear-powered.
A source close to the Russian Ministry of Defense told the Russian news agency TASS: “According to preliminary information, the Belgorod nuclear submarine – after being handed over to the customer – will serve in the Pacific Ocean. [At] the same time, it will be able to solve its tasks anywhere in the world ocean.”
The Belgorod submarine – built as part of Russia’s Project 09852 – is the first underwater craft to carry the Poseidon nuclear drones. It was first launched for testing in April 2019, and was originally scheduled for commissioning the following year. However, information obtained by TASS said the onset of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic delayed the submarine’s commissioning.
Another source confirmed to the Russian news agency that the Belgorod submarine will also carry the AS-15 deep-sea nuclear station. Under the country’s current armaments program, three other special-purpose submarines similar to Belgorod will be manufactured. These submarines are set to be ready for launch in 2027.
A December 2019 report by RT said Belgorod can carry “as many as four Poseidon drones” because it has been supposedly modified for that purpose. The report said the submarine measuring 184 meters is one of two vessels assigned to carry the nuclear weapon system. The long-range Poseidon drones are part of Russia’s effort to combat anti-ballistic missile technologies the U.S. is developing.
The RT report also got confirmation from Mikhail Budchenko, top executive of the Russian submarine manufacturer Sevmash, that Belgorod would be turned over to the Defense Ministry in 2020 along with three other vessels – a Borei-class nuclear missile submarine and two Yasen-class cruise missile submarines. (Related: Russia unveils secret nuclear-armed drone sub that could destroy America as geopolitical posturing puts world on brink of nuclear war.)

Belgorod’s deployment appears to be in preparation for possible conflict

The Belgorod submarine’s deployment coincides with a possible conflict involving Russia. Footage shared on social media shows large-scale movements by the Russian military in areas close to eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Russia annexed Crimea into its territory in 2014 while separatist rebels backed by Russia have been fighting Ukrainian forces since the Crimean annexation.
Given the current turn of events, an author of books about the Russian military warned that a major conflict between Russia and Ukraine could break out as soon as May 2021. Russian military expert Pavel Felgenhauer remarked that determining Russia’s intentions in Ukraine requires a psychoanalysts. However, he continued that incidents between the two nations could see war break out “in a month.”
“The crisis has the potential to escalate into a pan-European war, if not even a world one. But for now, will it happen or not? Let’s wait and see. In the west, they don’t know what to do about it,” Felgenhauer remarked. (Related: Russia testing nuclear missiles and submarines in the Arctic as global tensions escalate.)
While Felgenhauer warned of a potential war involving Russia in Eastern Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a “word war” with U.S. President Joe Biden. A March 18 BBC report said the Russian leader hit back at Biden dubbing him a “killer.” During an interview on Russian television, Putin remarked that “it takes one to know one” and challenged the American leader to talk to him face-to-face.
Putin’s remark aimed at Biden also aimed at the U.S. president’s comment to ABC News that the Russian leader would “pay the price” for allegedly interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Because of this verbal exchange between the two nations, Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov had been called home to prevent the “irreversible deterioration” of links.
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Sources include:
DailyStar.co.uk
TASS.com
RT.com
BBC.com

By NC ScoutPublished On: April 10, 2021Categories: AP Staff, Intelligence5 Comments

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5 Comments

Anonymous April 10, 2021 at 20:28

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Bongo April 12, 2021 at 16:20

Hell yeah…
Gryphon April 12, 2021 at 19:37

The Poseiden Nuclear ‘drone’ is more accurately described as a Torpedo with Autonomous Navigation Capability. Being Nuclear-Powered, it has Unlimited Range. Were the Russian Navy guys ‘lazy’, they could roll one off the Dock at any one of their Bases, and send it Anywhere in the Oceans. Like the other, current Nuclear Power Systems, it has an Extreme Overload capability, that has been reported to be able to make over 100 Knots at 1-Kilometer+ Depth.
The real Danger from this Weapons System is that it is designed to carry a modernized version of the “Tsar Bomb”, the 100 Megaton Fission/Fusion/Fission Weapon developed in the late 50’s/ early 60’s. Tested at 1/2 Rating (Third Charge Removed by the Physicist in Charge of the Test, so the Bomber Crew wouldn’t be Killed) it still was Many Times Bigger than any other Nuclear Weapon. Look on RT.com for Rus.Mil Declassified Footage of this Test.
One of the suggested (by their Weapons Master Physicist, forgot his name) Uses for this Weapon is Geologic Warfare – He figures that a couple of them Shot into the Cliff-Face of the Continental Shelf could produce a Tsunami that would be several KILOMETERS High when it ‘Hit the Beach’. Another possible Geologic Attack would be a Pair of these Weapons hitting both ends of the “San Andreas Fault” (the Plate Crack on the West Coast) and this would ‘Trigger’ the fault from Baja Cali to Washington State, and Set Off all of the West Coast Volcanoes.
Given that the Coasts contain the Majority of communists and useless eaters in the U.S., it would be an Inexpensive Way to cause Massive Damage, while keeping the rest of the Strategic Forces in ‘Reserve’. The U.S. Mil has been running a Resource Extraction/
Police Action operation since Vietnam. No One in the .mil has ANY IDEA how to do things like this – never mind figure out a way to Stop it.
While the current ‘administration’ is a Grave Threat to the Nation, it pales in comparison to what would happen if these same judeo-bolsheviks “Pick a Fight with the Bear”.
- Quartermaster April 21, 2021 at 13:43
  
  Setting of the San Andreas fault would not set off any volcanos. Volcanos result from a subduction fault, and San Andreas is slip-strike. What I call the “Ecotopia Fault” which starts at about Cape Mendocino and goes about half way up Vancouver Island. That is a subduction fault. Set that moving, and you would get a quake (9.2-9.8) that would set off those volcanos and make an utter mess of everything west of I-5. As it is, another quake from the fault is due.
Larry stewart April 25, 2021 at 11:52

No worries at all about a Poseidon being used on the left coast. A Poseidon could not possibly do more damage than the communist democrats are already doing to the coast! Come to think of it, the NE coast from Maine to Md. is also safe.