Poseidon (formerly known as Status-6 (Russian code name) and Kanyon (American code name)) are nuclear-powered and nuclear-vehicles undersea underwater being developed by the Russian Federation that can provide both conventional and nuclear payloads. According to Russian state TV, it may be possible to ship thermonuclear cobalt bombs up to 100 megatons against enemy naval ports and coastal cities. In 2018, the United States Posture Nuclear Review states that Russia is developing "new autonomous intercontinental, nuclear, nuclear, and subsea nuclear torpedoes".
"Kanyon" is the name given to this drone by the Central Intelligence Agency. In March 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially named the drone "Poseidon" after a public vote.
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Operation
Poseidon weapons are designed to create tsunami waves up to 500 meters (1,600 feet), which will pollute large areas of enemy beaches with radioactive isotopes, and resist immune defense systems such as ballistic anti-ballistic missiles, laser guns and railguns disable ICBM or SLBM.
An aircraft carrier battle group will reduce the chances of defending against it. Unmanned aircraft can blow up their huge warheads at standing distances, and anti-submarine warfare units will have very little time to react due to the speed of their journey.
Two potential submarine submarines, suspected of carrying an external Poseidon, class Oscar submarine Class 9852 Belgorod , and Project Yasen class submarine 9851 Khabarovsk , are new ships laid down on 2012 and 2014, respectively. Oscar-class submarines can carry four Poseidon torpedoes at the same time for a total of up to 400 megatons.
Poseidon seems to be a deterrent weapon from last resort. It looks like a mini torpedo-shaped robot submarine that can travel at 185 km/h (100 kn). The latest information shows a top speed of 100 km/h (54 kn), with a range of 10,000 km (5,400 nmi; 6,200 mi) and a maximum depth of 1,000 m (3,300 ft). This underwater drone is lined with stealth technology to avoid acoustic tracking devices. Its size seems to be 1.6 meters in diameter, and 24 meters in length. The warhead shown in the leaking figure is a 1.5 meter diameter cylinder with a length of 4 meters, giving a volume of 7 cubic meters. Comparing this with the volume of other large thermonuclear bombs, the 1961 era Soviet Tsar Bomba itself measured 8 meters long with a diameter of 2.1 meters, indicating that the results of at least several tens of megatons, is generally consistent with preliminary reports.
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History
The first public report on Poseidon in September 2015 and citing Pentagon sources. On November 10, Russian TV station NTV "inadvertently" showed documents in the hands of a Russian general during a report in which Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the American plan on a defensive missile. There is a debate afterward about whether this is a warning to the West or a disinformation. Russian government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta speculated that the warhead would be a cobalt bomb. The CIA has concluded the leak was deliberate.
Russia may have tested Poseidon for the first time in Arctic waters on November 27, 2016, or perhaps in a mockup landing, although there is no evidence of any test available.
A draft Pentagon Nuclear Posture Review reported leaking in January 2018 stating that Poseidon is under development.
Reaction
Vladimir Putin in March 2018 referenced an autonomous torpedo that could hit a US port city, possibly a reference to Poseidon. Overcoming the torpedoes, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said Russia already had the ability to hit US port cities with missiles, and told reporters in Oman that Poseidon "did not change at all a strategic balance".
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