Putin's super sub sets sail for the first time: Russia launches largest submarine to be built in 30 years with enough firepower to take out an en

Putin's super sub sets sail for the first time: Russia launches largest submarine to be built in 30 years with enough firepower to take out an entire city and a fleet of mini-subs to cut undersea internet cables

604ft Belgorod sub was deployed yesterday in wake of incident with British ship
Boasting heavy nuclear firepower capable of leveling an entire city, the vessel is the largest submarine of its kind to be built in the last 30 years
Naval experts claim team aboard Belgorod will report directly to President Putin
Comes just days after HMS Defender was fired upon by Russians in Black Sea
British destroyer has now docked in Georgian port after high-profile standoff A new Russian submarine packed with nuclear firepower and capable of taking out an aircraft carrier or even an entire city has sailed for the first time.
The 604ft Belgorod, the largest submarine to be built in the last 30 years, was put to sea for the first time yesterday as Russia flexed its naval muscles in the wake of an incident with British destroyer HMS Defender in the Black Sea.

Experts fear the 79ft-long torpedoes – dubbed Poseidon – could be detonated underwater to cause a radioactive tsunami and threaten coastal cities with waves up to 300ft high. The enormous vessel is reportedly operated on behalf of the nation's secretive Main Directorate of Undersea Research, and is understood to be central to Russia's intelligence gathering operation.

But it is also believed to be equipped with up to six nuclear-armed torpedoes, each capable of carrying warheads with an explosive power of two megatons – equivalent to two million tons of TNT, or more than 130 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.

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