The 184-meter long submarine K-329 Belgorod, inaugurated in 2019 and put into service in 2021 and is the longest submarine in the world, is officially classified by Russia as a research vehicle: powered by two nuclear reactors, it is intended to act as a quasi-mothership for submarines, Drones are used, mini nuclear power plants installed at the bottom of the sea to power sensor networks and carry up to six of the huge Poseidon torpedoes, which TASS classifies as drones because of their range of up to 10,000 kilometers. These torpedoes, once heralded personally by Vladimir Putin as a “superweapon”, contradict the claim that it is a research vessel: the Poseidon is intended to provide Russia with capabilities for devastating first and second nuclear strikes. The backgrounds.
