Notably, his personal belongings, including his watch and headphones, were found at the scene, suggesting that robbery was not a motive.Īlthough the murder occurred in an area without surveillance cameras, Russian law enforcement released a photograph of a man they believe to be a suspect in the killing. The bullets struck his back and chest, leading to his immediate death. The Covert Shores analyst believes that the Belgorod will likely be used as an intelligence gathering platform, an opinion shared by other experts.The former submarine commander, who had transitioned into a mobilisation role in Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, was shot four times while running near the Olympus Arena in Krasnodar. Congressional Research Service (CRS) in April, the Belgorod is capable of carrying up to eight Poseidons.īut Sutton said the Poseidon system "isn't ready" to be launched from the Belgorod. "Its lack of reliance on satellites and the fact that it literally goes underneath missile defenses make it a slow but inevitable death," Sutton wrote.Īccording to a report by the U.S. The submarine analyst called the Poseidon "unique in the history of the world" and interpreted the weapon as diversification of Russia's nuclear deterrence that could prove very dangerous to the U.S. Compared to an intercontinental ballistic missile it is very slow, but possibly unstoppable," Sutton writes. "It is a giant torpedo which can hit coastal cities with devastating results. illustration with person for scale: /JnTTjRrWEj- H I Sutton July 24, 2018 New up to date mega article on #Russia Poseidon (Status-6 / Skif / KANYON) Intercontinental Nuclear-Powered Nuclear-Armed Autonomous Torpedo. "It is approximately twice the size of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and thirty times the size of a regular 'heavyweight' torpedo," Sutton said in a recent post analyzing the Russian submarine. "The more torpedoes and missiles a submarine carries, the more targets it can attack," Sutton said.īut how does the undersea king of weapons load compare to the Belgorod?Īccording to Russia's state-owned news agency TASS, the new Russian submarine will be armed with the Poseidon, the largest torpedo ever developed in the world. Sutton wrote that the Ohio-class SSGN can carry a load of up to a maximum of 176 cruise missiles in its torpedo room, a number which he said qualifies the submarine as "the undisputed king of weapons load." Under normal circumstances, the Ohio-class SSGN carries up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles. Sutton, the Navy's Ohio-class SSGN is the number one most advanced submarine in the world, according to a list he compiled in 2020. KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP via Getty Imagesįor submarine expert and author H. In this photo, a USS Ohio (SSGN 726), a US guided missile submarine is docked at a South Korean naval base in the port city of Busan. current longest submarine, the Ohio-class. Russia's newest submarine, the Belgorod, is now the longest in the world, longer even than the U.S. In 2002, four of these SSBNs were converted into cruise-missile submarines, also known as guided-missile submarines or SSGNs. built 18 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) between 19.
They're slightly smaller than the announced new Columbia class, which are expected to be 560 feet long and 42 feet wide, but the Ohio class subs are more heavily armed as they were initially designed to carry four torpedo tubes and up to 24 Trident nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. Navy's Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine has been widely considered one of the most advanced -and one of the most lethal- among all submarines in the world. submarine fleet and triggering a tense espionage face-off between the two countries, in a dangerous replay of the Cold War. Russian officials said the gargantuan submarine will be used for research purposes, but there is suspicion among naval experts that the vessel could one day be turned into an instrument of war and espionage.Įxperts think the Belgorod could one day be fitted with the world's first nuclear-armed stealth torpedoes, as well as espionage equipment, challenging the U.S. Navy's Ohio-class submarines, the largest such vessels in the U.S. The Belgorod, which was delivered to the Russian Navy on July 8 in the port of Severodvinks on the White Sea, according to shipbuilder Sevmash Shipyard, is a submarine measuring 608 feet long, some 39 feet more than the U.S. The Russian Navy is now armed with the world's longest known submarine, one that could eclipse the submarine power of any other country -including the U.S.
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