MOSCOW – Russia has started underwater trials of its mysterious Poseidonunderwater nuclear drone, sources say, an state-of-the-art weapon thatRussian President Vladimir Putin says is invincible.
Testing of the strategic weapon’s nuclear propulsion system was underway inan undisclosed location under Russia’s territorial waters, a source in theRussian military industry told state news agency TASS on Tuesday.
“In the sea area protected from a potential enemy’s reconnaissance means,the underwater trials of the nuclear propulsion unit of the Poseidon droneare underway,” the source added.
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The reactor installed in the hull of the nuclear-tipped was undergoingexperimental test and more work needed to be done before full-fledged seatrials at this stage, the source noted.
