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Russia Produces First Nuclear-Armed Poseidon Torpedo Drones — ‘Capable of Wiping Out Entire Coastlines’

Russia has manufactured its first batch of high-speed Poseidon drones said to be capable of wiping out entire coastlines with radioactive tsunamis, it was reported today.

The weapon, which could reportedly cause a 1,640ft tsunami, is alleged to have a unlimited range, although details of its unique 125mph underwater propulsion system have been a closely guarded Russian secret.

The development came as a Vladimir Putin loyalist called on state TV for Britain to be ‘demolished from the face of the Earth’ as it prepares to supply Ukraine with Challenger 2 tanks.

Retired general Andrey Gurulev claimed on Rossiya 1 that the deployment of British and German tanks ‘to kill us’ amounts to crossing a red line.

He accused the UK of ‘getting cocky’, and warned the country could be wiped off the map without resorting to nuclear weapons, stressing: ‘We have to remember about London so they don’t try to steal our victory. If it did not exist, there will be victory.’

He also called for an initial giant nuclear test on the Arctic island of Novaya Zemlya ‘so the whole earth shudders’.

His outburst against the UK came as Russian state news agency TASS reported the manufacture of the ‘first batch of nuclear-armed Poseidon drones’.

Last year another leading Putin propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov notoriously told viewers that Russia should ‘plunge Britain into the depths of the sea’ with its ‘underwater robotic drone Poseidon’.

The Russian weapon is a giant nuclear-armed torpedo capable of causing radioactive tsunamis that destroy enemy coastlines.

In October, it was reported that Nato had sent an intelligence note to its member states warning that Putin had deployed its 604ft-long K-329 Belgorod nuclear submarine, carrier of the Poseidon.

At the time it was believed to be on a mission to test the fearsome weapon.

A source told TASS today: ‘The first batch of Poseidon ammunition has been manufactured and will be soon delivered to special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod.’

The same source from the Russian military and defence industry said trials of core components of Poseidon underwater drones, including the nuclear power unit, had been trialled successfully.

Putin sees the Poseidon missile as key to his attack on the West, it has been reported.

Gurulev – a mouthpiece for high-ranking Kremlin hardliners – sees Britain as a lynchpin of the West’s unity with Ukraine.

He told state TV that the expected deployment of German tanks carries a historical significance that will change the conflict.

‘The appearance of German tanks on Russian territory is the cornerstone of any war,’ he said, even though – if the move goes ahead – the tanks would be for defensive use in Ukraine, and not stationed on Russian soil.

‘As soon as Leopard-2 tanks get here, be ready [for full war],’ he said.

‘Britain will supply 14 Challenger-2 tanks, you have to take this seriously. It’s against us, it’s to kill us. These guys are getting cocky. They have no brakes.

‘Should we use nuclear weapons? Why should we be embarrassed to talk about our resolve if there is a threat to Russian territory?’ he said ominously.

‘And Leopard tanks will be riding in Russia, in [our] Nazi-occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.’

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