Russia once again challenged the West: it tested the Belgorod, a powerful Russian submarine capable of destroying a city

the Belgorod, the largest submersible built in the last 30 years, sail from this Friday in the waters of Russia.

The submarine, over 180 meters long, has been dubbed “the weapon of the apocalypse” since its unveiling in 2019. She was launched into the White Sea for her first test navigation.

The ship carries the underwater drone known as “Poseidon”, a nuclear weapon capable of traveling up to 10,000 kilometers at speeds between 110 and 130 kilometers per hour.

The Poseidon could destroy the ports and coastal towns. It is designed to operate at a depth of about 1,000 meters and carry a nuclear charge of up to 100 megatons, more than 130 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.

Some experts fear that the ship’s torpedoes can explode underwater to cause a radioactive tsunami and affect coastal towns with waves nearly 100 meters high.

As the British newspaper The Daily Mail reports, the huge ship is operated on behalf of Russia’s secret main submarine research department, and he is believed to be at the heart of this country’s intelligence gathering operation.

Submarine commanders will report directly to President Vladimir Putin rather than the country’s main naval commanders, so the Belgorod is considered more of an intelligence agency on the high seas than a conventional submarine.

The Black Sea Confrontation

A Russian warship fired warning shots on Wednesday to force a British destroyer out of Russian waters near Crimea. in the Black Sea, as reported by Russian Ministry of Defense.

The ministry said the Russian warship fired warning shots after British guided-missile destroyer Defender ignored warning against intrusion into Russian territorial waters. He said that a Russian Su-24 bomber also dropped bombs in front of the British ship to persuade it to change course.

HMS Defender “He received a preliminary warning that weapons would be used if the state borders of the Russian Federation were violated. He did not react to the warning ”, said the ministry quoted by the news agency Interfax.

According to the ministry, the incident occurred in front of the coast of Cape Fiolent in Crimea, that Russia annexed Ukraine in 2014.

The Russian Defense Ministry added that “A border patrol officer fired warning shots” and then a Su-24 plane bold four bombs along the destroyer’s path.

The ministry said the ship left Russian waters after the shooting.

However, Britain’s Defense Ministry denied Moscow’s claims, claiming the shots were fired during a Russian-led military exercise in the region.

The Royal Navy (Navy) ship “makes innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters, in accordance with international law “, indicates a statement from the Defense, in London, and underlines that “no warning shot was fired” against the British destroyer.

“We believe the Russians were carrying out artillery exercises in the Black Sea, and warned the maritime community in advance of their activity.”, specifies the note.

“There was no shot at HMS Defender and we do not recognize the claim that bombs were dropped in its path,” added.

The Royal Navy said in early June that HMS Defender had “cleared” its strike group conducting NATO operations in the Mediterranean to conduct “its own set of missions” in the Black Sea.

June 14 Russia reported that the navy had started following the British destroyer and frigate Everton of the Dutch Navy after the entry of the two ships into the Black Sea.

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