Russia plans to form a division of special-purpose submarines that will carry Poseidon nuclear torpedoes, a Russian propaganda agency said, citing a source close to the Russian military department..

They want to form a division of special-purpose submarines that will carry the Poseidon super torpedoes with a nuclear warhead as part of the Russian Pacific Fleet by the end of 2024.

In particular, at the end of March, Russia announced that on the peninsula, where the base of ballistic nuclear submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet is located, the construction of coastal infrastructure for submarines that will carry Poseidon torpedoes will be completed..

“The decision to form a division of special-purpose nuclear submarines in Kamchatka has been made,” a source from the Russian agency said..

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In January of this year, Russia announced that it had manufactured the first series of Poseidon torpedoes.. This comes four years after President Vladimir Putin announced the production of a "

Back in 2019, American submarine expert X. Sutton stated that the Poseidon, which is expected to be 2 meters in diameter and over 20 meters long, " Torpedoes can carry warheads of several megatons, resulting in radioactive waves that will render coastal areas they target uninhabitable for decades..