Dmitry Kiselyov, the host of a show on Russia’s main Channel One television station, said Sunday night that Britain could be turned into an uninhabited desert by a nuclear strike from the sea. In a section accompanied by graphics on the screen of a hypothetical attack, Russia suggested using the Poseidon unmanned submarine to strike the UK from the sea. The host claimed: “There is no way to stop this submarine drone. The head in it has a yield of up to 100 megatons. The eruption of this thermonuclear torpedo off the coast of Britain will cause a giant tsunami wave up to 500 meters high. “Such a barrier alone also carries extreme doses of radiation.” He added that a strike would turn the UK into a “radioactive desert, unsuitable for anything for a long time”. See more While worried about how a gas and oil embargo on Russia could hurt the European economy, Russia’s top propagandist Dmitry Kirselev explains how to eliminate the UK with a nuclear submarine drone. #StopPutinNOW pic.twitter.com/MH44EgkT5K – Michael Sender (@MichaelSender) May 1, 2022
What is a Poseidon head?
The Poseidon is a new class of weapon set apart from other nuclear-threatening threats. One of the newest weapons in Russia’s arsenal, the Poseidon is a form of nuclear and nuclear torpedo fired from an unmanned submarine drone. The Kremlin claims that the unmanned submarine is capable of transporting nuclear cargo under the sea to hit targets. At least 30 Poseidon vessels are believed to be under construction, with Russian President Vladimir Putin hailing their effectiveness after tests in 2019. Mr Putin claimed the weapon was capable of destroying enemy infrastructure, aircraft carriers and others. targets. In documents, the Russian Defense Ministry suggested that it could “defeat the significant economic facilities of the enemy in the coastal area and cause unacceptable damage to the country by creating areas of widespread radioactive contamination, unsuitable for application in these areas.” military, economic, business or other activity for a long period of time “.
Could it be used to attack the UK?
Unlike an air-fired nuclear missile, the Poseidon is essentially confined to targets at sea or offshore, meaning it could not be used to hit many of the UK’s largest population centers. It is not clear which defense the UK would use in the face of a Poseidon attack, but the Department of Defense has invested heavily in technology to locate and deter both warships and submarines in British waters. In essence, the weapon is virtually untested in real-life scenarios, which means there is no way to know if it will go unnoticed and if it will work, and there are few ways for the West to assess whether it is a real threat. There are also several strategic reasons why such an attack in the UK is extremely unlikely, despite the strong rhetoric on the subject. As the United Kingdom is both a nuclear power and a member of the NATO alliance, the Kremlin is well aware that any such move would retaliate strongly against its own forces. The NATO treaty states that an attack on one member state is an attack on all 30 NATO members – meaning that an attack on the United Kingdom would almost immediately drag Russia into a world war against superior US and other allied forces. .
More than the world
While the conflict in Ukraine has brought relations between the West and Russia to the lowest point in decades, so far the Kremlin has not crossed the red line of a direct attack on a NATO state. Indeed, both Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have insisted that they do not want to start a “Third World War”, citing a possible blow to Russia and possibly the world. Mr Lavrov said last week that Russia did not consider itself at war with NATO, although he had warned world leaders against using “war-like” terminology.
