However, according to the builder, Sevmash, the submarine is designed to carry out "various research tasks, research and rescue operations", according to the Russian news agency TASS.
Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, notes - quoted by CNN - that the Belgorod is really "a test vessel for the next class of Khabarovsk nuclear-powered submarines, the first of which could be launched this year". But behind them, two types of 'retaliatory weapons' come into play: the Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missiles and the Poseidon torpedo," Leonkov explained. When they are launched, they produce a devastating first strike. On the other hand, the Belgorod - as well as its nuclear weapons - has been created as a "retaliatory weapon" for a full-scale nuclear war, according to Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov in an interview with the Russian broadcaster Radio 1. PHOTO/SPUTNIK - The world's largest and most powerful submarine, K-329 Belgorod It will reshape naval planning in both Russia and the West, leading to new requirements and new counter-weapons," he adds. "Poseidon is a completely new category of weapon. Sutton, a submarine expert in Naval News. "This nuclear 'mega-pedo' is unique in world history," writes H. It is worth noting that the largest nuclear detonation in history was 50 megatons - carried out by the Soviet Union with the Tsar Bomba - while the devastating US bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were 15 and 20 respectively. In addition to causing immediate damage and contaminating the target area with radiation, they are capable of causing 'radioactive tsunamis' due to their 100 megaton power. The torpedoes it carries, Poseidon, are particularly damaging. Video of the Russian navy belgorod submarine which just sailed for the first time. It can also serve as an espionage platform. At more than 184 metres long, the Belgorod is designed to house the Poseidon nuclear torpedoes, capable of travelling at 130 kilometres per hour underwater. In early July, the Russian Navy took delivery of the Belgorod submarine, the world's largest submersible.
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