Nuclear submarine (APL) “Belgorod” of the project 09852, which should become a carrier of nuclear torpedoes “Poseidon”, called in the British press of the “Juduary Day” weapon, first reached the factory running tests in the White Sea, told the TASS source in shipbuilding Industries.
According to the interlocutor, it happened on June 25th.
“At the end of 2021, the APL must be transferred to the customer,” the source said.
Belgorod’s submarine project 09852 Launched on the water in April 2019.
In February of the same year, the Ministry of Defense of Russia presented the first video of Poshondon’s polygon tests.
Officially nuclear underwater drone presented in March 2018 by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Message to the Federal Assembly. Subsequently, Torpeda received the name “Poseidon”. Initially, the weapons of mass lesion, known since November 2015, was designated as “status-6”.