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What to know about Poseidon, Russia’s new super torpedo

Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted this week that Russia has tested a nuclear-powered super torpedo, the Poseidon, that was unstoppable and more powerful than a nuclear missile. It was the second announcement in a week of Russian trials involving nuclear-capable weapons systems. Days earlier, Russia announced the test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, the Burevestnik or Skyfall, that seemed in particular to irritate United States President Donald Trump. In the wake of the tests, he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. The moves highlighted the growing action-reaction cycle between the two nations’ nuclear policies as...


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