Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia successfully tested its Poseidon nuclear-powered autonomous torpedo, calling the trial a “huge success" and hailing the weapon’s unmatched power. Vladimir Putin made the announcement while speaking with Russian soldiers wounded in the war in Ukraine during a hospital visit in Moscow. He said the test took place on Tuesday and marked a major technical breakthrough.

“For the first time, we managed not only to launch it with a launch engine from a carrier submarine, but also to launch the nuclear power unit on which this device passed a certain amount of time. There is nothing like this," Vladimir Putin said.

He added that the Poseidon’s power “significantly exceeds" that of Russia’s most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarm

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