A military expert spoke about the types of Russian nuclear weapons

Military expert Yuri Knutov listed four of the latest Russian Doomsday weapons, which, according to him, are capable of causing the greatest damage to the enemy.

In conversation with aif.ru On November 4, a specialist named the missile system and the medium-range ballistic missile Oreshnik of the same name, the Burevestnik intercontinental cruise missile, the Sarmat heavy multistage liquid-fueled ICBM and the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle among the samples.

By "Doomsday weapons" we mean samples that, with a small number of launches, can cause enormous damage to the enemy. According to him, these samples are characterized by high accuracy, power and technology, which, according to the expert, other countries do not have, therefore, with minimal use, they are capable of inflicting painful and tangible losses on a potential enemy.

Knutov also recalled that a year ago, Oreshnik demonstrated its capabilities in an attack on the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro (formerly Dnepropetrovsk). He added that at that time only kinetic warheads were used, without nuclear or high-explosive fragmentation parts, but the affected workshops were almost completely destroyed.

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On November 3, the United States recognized Russia's primacy in underwater nuclear weapons. Military Watch Magazine wrote that the Khabarovsk nuclear submarine, built at the Sevmash plant, has become a new type of strategic carrier ship for the Poseidon underwater drone with nuclear weapons. This combination, in fact, made the Russian Federation the first country capable of striking an enemy from the depths of the ocean. 360.ru . The article says that it is believed that attacks in the depths of the oceans are almost impossible to intercept — unlike missiles that are launched from submarines into the air, the website writes kp.ru .

On November 4, Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, said that the Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile Burevestnik and the Poseidon underwater vehicle arouse pride and admiration in the Russian nuclear industry.

On November 1, a solemn ceremony of decommissioning the Khabarovsk nuclear submarine took place in Severodvinsk. The launch of the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser from the stocks of Sevmash has become an important and landmark event for Russia, writes Life.ru The submarine will make it possible to successfully solve the tasks of ensuring the security of Russia's maritime borders and protecting its national interests, RT notes.

On October 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the successful tests of the underwater unmanned vehicle Poseidon. The Head of State noted that its power surpasses even the most promising Russian Sarmat intercontinental missile, stressing that there are no analogues of this weapon in the world.

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