Yahoo News Russia has 'underwater nuclear drones' capable of carrying a 100-megaton warhead
Russia reportedly possesses an underwater nuclear drone that is capable of carrying a 100-megaton nuclear warhead, a leaked draft of the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review has confirmed.
The weapon is referred to as an autonomous underwater vehicle or ‘AUV’ and features in a chart that offers a comprehensive look at the multitude of nuclear delivery vehicles that are used by Russia.
Specifically, it was claimed that the drone is officially known as Ocean Multipurpose System Status-6 and was first tested in November 2016.
It is reportedly capable of travelling a top distance of 6,200 miles, and boasts a top speed in excess of 56 knots, along with the ability to descend to depths of 3,280 feet below sea level.
‘In addition to modernising “legacy” Soviet nuclear systems, Russia is developing and deploying new nuclear warheads and launchers’, the draft claimed.
‘These efforts include multiple upgrades for every leg of the Russian nuclear triad of strategic bombers, sea-based missiles and land-based missiles.
‘Russia is also developing at least two new intercontinental range systems, a hypersonic glide vehicle and a new intercontinental, nuclear-armed undersea autonomous torpedo.’
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The posture review is a report that the US has undertaken every year since 1994 in order to gauge the role of nuclear weapons within the country’s security strategy.
The latest draft was obtained by the Huffington Post, although the Pentagon has refused to confirm its authenticity.
‘Our discussion has been robust and several drafts have been written. However, the Nuclear Posture Review has not been completed and will ultimately be reviewed and approved by the President and the Secretary of Defence.
‘As a general practice, we do not discuss pre-decisional, draft copies of strategies and reviews’, a Government spokesperson confirmed.
