This drone was tested just days after Russia launched a nuclear-propelled cruise missile.

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the successful test of the nuclear-powered unmanned submarine Poseidon, a little more than a week after a trial of the nuclear-propelled cruise missile Burevestnik.

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“Yesterday we carried out a new test of another promising system, the unmanned submarine Poseidon, also nuclear-powered,” he said during a meeting with soldiers wounded in the war in Ukraine.

“For the first time, it was possible not only to launch it from a carrier submarine using an auxiliary engine but also to activate its nuclear propulsion system, which enabled the vehicle to navigate for a certain period of time,” Putin stated.

He emphasized that the power of the Poseidon significantly exceeds that of the intercontinental ballistic missile Sarmat, which is capable of carrying 10 to 15 individually guided nuclear warheads and will soon enter service with Russia’s strategic forces.

“In terms of speed and the depth at which it operates, this device has no analogues in the world and is unlikely to have any in the near future,” Putin asserted.

The Russian president described the test as a “huge success” and highlighted as one of its main advantages that the Poseidon’s nuclear propulsion unit is “one hundred times smaller” than a submarine reactor.

The test of the nuclear-powered unmanned submarine followed the October 21 launch of the Burevestnik cruise missile, also nuclear-propelled and said to have unlimited range.

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Source: EFE

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