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Tag: Poseidon

Posted inRussia

Russia to test ‘Doomsday Drone’ in high Arctic

by Dave Makichuk May 26, 2020May 29, 2020

Powered by a small nuclear reactor and with a range of about 10,000 kilometers, the Poseidon underwater drone could when detonated send a deadly tens-of-meters-high tsunami wave into the nearest city or naval base. Shaped like a giant torpedo and nicknamed the “Doomsday Drone,” it is built to carry a nuclear warhead weighing up to […]

Posted inRussia, World

Russia’s nuclear-capable underwater drone to be deployed

by Ankur Tanwar January 30, 2019February 18, 2020
A polar bear managed to get on one of the last ice floes floating in the Arctic sea. Due to global warming the natural environment of the polar bear in the Arctic has changed a lot. The Arctic sea has much less ice than it had some years ago. (This images is a photoshop design. Polarbear, ice floe, ocean and sky are real, they were just not together in the way they are now). Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

A matter of survival: urgent call for maritime action

by Raja Murthy March 21, 2018March 21, 2018

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