NATO has sent an intelligence note to its member countries warning of the mobilization of the Russian nuclear submarine ‘K-329 Belgorod’, carrying the Poseidon nuclear missile, also known as the Weapon of the Apocalypse, the Italian daily ‘La Repubblica’ reports Sunday.
The new submarine was launched in July and is now reportedly submerged in Arctic waters after its possible involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, according to several unofficial sources.
NATO fears that its mission is now to test the Poseidon super torpedo, a projectile capable of traveling up to 10,000 kilometers underwater and then exploding near the coast to cause a radioactive tsunami.
The nuclear torpedo was presented in 2018 by Russia as the way to ensure Russian military supremacy, although nuclear experts have argued that the same effect can be achieved with an intercontinental missile like those in operation since the 1960s.