Russia recently successfully tested the world’s most powerful nuclear powered underwater torpedo Poseidon. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Moscow tested the underwater drone ‘Poseidon’ in the Arctic Ocean on 28 October 2025. Calling it a big achievement, Patin said that this weapon is equipped with a nuclear unit.

Vladimir Putin said that there is no other such weapon in the world, whose power is much more than Russia’s largest ICBM Sarmat. In such a situation, the big question is that how different is this weapon of Russia from the nuclear weapons of India and America?

How powerful is Russia’s Poseidon?

Poseidon is a state-of-the-art weapon, which is equipped with nuclear energy. It can be launched from a submarine underwater. Its biggest feature is that there is no need to add fuel again and again, because a nuclear fuel unit has been installed in it. According to the report of Russia’s government news agency TASS, it can move in water deeper than 1 kilometer.

Poseidon’s Speed, Range and Strength

Poseidon weighs 100 tonnes, length is 20 meters and speed is 100 knots. It is so fast that no normal navy will be able to catch it. It has the ability to become invisible under water at a glance. A nuclear warhead of up to two megatons can be installed in it. The Russian Army has claimed that Poseidon can destroy 6 big cities like London in a few minutes. Talking about its range, it can destroy enemies at a distance of more than 14,000 kilometers.

It carries a 2 megaton warhead, 100 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. It can be launched from the Arctic Sea and reach the Pacific Ocean. 80 percent of the world’s coastal cities fall within its range. Its explosion will create such strong radioactive waves in the sea that the coastal city will be submerged in a tsunami.

How dangerous are the weapons of India and America?

India currently has Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-5, which has a range of about 6000 kilometers. Whereas America has the maximum missile with a range of 13,000 kilometers. These missiles of these two countries are capable of attacking any other continent.

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China is working on a new type of weapon, named Nuclear Torpedo. This is considered a new threat to the whole world. This project of China is directly inspired by Russia’s Posidon Torpedo, which is called ‘Doomsde Weapon’. The atomic torpedo is a underwater unmanned drone weapon, which can be equipped with a nuclear warhead. Its purpose is to explode near the beaches and generate a radioactive tsunami. China can use it to challenge the US in the Indo-Pacific sector. America is getting tension about this.

According to the Eurasian Times report, the atomic torpedo will have a small atomic reactor, which will give it the ability to run long distances. It can be operated up to 200 hours at a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h). Its size shorter than Russia’s 65 feet long Posidon, so it can be launched from the normal torpedo tube.

Russia’s Posidon Atomic Torpedo

Russia has already made an atomic torpedo named Posidon. It is the world’s first nuclear-driven torpedo. It has been claimed that it can take a atomic warhead up to 100 megatons. It can run under water thousands of kilometers at high speed and also works in deep depths. In 2023, its first batch was deployed in Russia’s submarine Belgorod.

China’s new torpedo

China has planned to make its nuclear torpedo by taking inspiration from Russia. According to reports, it will be small and cheaper. It can also be launched from the normal torpedo tube. A small atomic reactor can be installed in it, which will be able to run it at a speed of 56 kilometers per hour for hundreds of hours. China is working on a plan to make it massive.

Tsunami and Environmental threat

If there is an attack from atomic torpedo, coastal cities can drown. Millions of people can be homeless. Marine life and environment will suffer heavy losses. Sea water can be radioactive. Some experts believe that it is technically difficult to create such a large tsunami, so this weapon can also be a means of creating more psychological fear than the real war.

What is China’s strategy?

China wants to pressurize countries like America, Japan and Australia in the Indo-Pacific sector. The US and its allies are planning nuclear submarines after the Aukus agreement. China wants to show its strength with this new weapon. Also, it can be a way to create strategic pressure on Taiwan.

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