Russia has tried and failed to test its pioneering ‘doomsday’ torpedo, American intelligence sources believe, in a possible sign that the sanctions against Moscow could be starting to work.
The nuclear-powered torpedo, named Poseidon, is launched from the Belgorod – the world’s largest submarine, which only went into service this summer.
The Belgorod was unveiled to great fanfare in 2019, and the Poseidon torpedoes – first revealed in 2015 – are seen as the crown jewels of the submarine.
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Russia boasted at the time that Poseidon would be capable of destroying entire cities by triggering a tsunami.
But on Thursday, US sources told CNN they had observed the Belgorod preparing for a test – then leaving the testing area in the Arctic Sea, and returning to port without carrying out the trial.
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