Screen capture from the moment Poseidon was revealed to the world, 2015. Image: YouTube
Popular Mechanics: The Truth Behind Russia’s 'Apocalypse Torpedo'
Shadowy underwater nuclear drone keeps shifting shape—but is it even real at all?
Poseidon is a Putin’s showpiece. First revealed in 2015, this nuclear-powered underwater drone—one of Russia's next-generation nuclear weapons—is nicknamed the "tsunami apocalypse torpedo" for its multi-megaton warhead that could create city-smashing waves.
A succession of news reports have carried wildly disparate accounts of Poseidon’s capabilities. So this another example of overblown Russian military vaporware or is there something more to it?
Here's what we can say: At more than six feet in diameter and 65 feet long, weighing perhaps a hundred tons, Poseidon is the largest torpedo every developed, coming in at thirty times the size of a heavy torpedo. In fact, the torpedo is so big it can be carried only by specially-modified submarines.
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WNU Editor: The problem that I have with this Russian "super" torpedo is that it would take a long time to reach its target while a submarine launched or land launched missile would do the job very quickly. This does sound like Russian military vaporware.
