‘Doomsday’ Submarine Armed With Nuclear Torpedoes Delivers to Russian Navy

Russian submarine Belgorod delivery ceremony in Severodvinsk on July 8, 2022. JSC PA Sevmash Photo

A Russian Navy submarine armed with a strategic nuclear torpedo the size of a school bus was delivered to the Kremlin this week, according to an announcement from the shipyard.

Project 09852 Belgorod is based on a Russian Oscar-class guided-cruise missile submarine that has been altered to accommodate six 80-foot Poseidon nuclear torpedoes that could be armed with a warhead of up to 100 megatons,...

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/08/doomsday-submarine-armed-with-nuclear-torpedoes-delivers-to-russian-navy

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