Darüber hinaus hat Russland noch etwas Anderes im Arsenal.
Ein interkontinentaler autonomer nuklearbetriebener Atomtorpedo. 25 Meter lang. Lautlos. Bis zu 100 Megatonnen Sprengkraft. Doppelte stärke wie die größte jemals getestete Wasserstoffbombe.
Bei einem Einsatz vor der Küste löst es einen gigantischen radioaktiven Zunami aus. Ein Paar davon hätten das Potential die Vereinigten Staaten in den Ozean zu spülen. Abfangen mit heute in USA existierender Technologie praktisch unmöglich, da es zu tief und zu schnell läuft.
The Poseidon torpedo is propelled by a nuclear reactor and armed with a 100-megaton warhead to destroy entire coastal cities.
The Poseidon drone torpedo, also codenamed Status-6 by Russia and Kanyon by NATO, was for years the subject of rumor and skepticism, seeming too fantastical to be real. But by 2016, Pentagon reports confirmed the torpedo’s existence, and in March 2018 Putin publicly unveiled a 3D-animated video showing Poseidon attacking a city and a carrier task force. Later, real-life footage of a Poseidon being launched was released as well.
Defending against Poseidon would require an expensive, expanded sea-bed surveillance system and new anti-submarine weapons capable of intercepting such a deep and fast target.
The Poseidon is the largest torpedo ever built, measuring approximately twenty-four meters long and 1.6-meters in diameter. Using a tiny nuclear reactor to power a pump-jet propulsion system, the Poseidon can traverse thousands of miles across oceans, autonomously navigating around obstacles and evading interception.
The Poseidon has been claimed to be capable of blistering-fast speeds of 100 knots, acoustic stealth, and diving as deep as 1,000 meters.
Of these claims, Poseidon’s low operating depth is considered most credible. By itself, this would render interception extremely difficult with current technology. For comparison, U.S. attack submarines (officially) operate down to 240 meters and travel up to 30 knots. Their Mark 48 torpedoes can accelerate to 55 knots and are not rated for much deeper than 800 meters.
https://nationalinterest.org/tag/poseidon
Dagegen hilft die amerikanische Raketenabwehr nicht viel.
Also ist das "Gleichgewicht des Schreckens" intakt, und wenn nicht, dann eher zugunsten Russlands. Denn Russland verfügt natürlich auch bereits über ein Raketenabwehrsystem.
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