NATO alert – Russian nuclear submarine Belgorod has left its base in the Arctic

NATO sounded the alarm as it informed its members that Russia’s Belgorod nuclear submarine has left its base and may be Vladimir Putin’s last weapon amid escalating tensions on the Ukraine front.

Belgorod has disappeared from its seat in Arctic Circle and she is likely to sail the waters of the sea of ​​Kara for her trial super-torpedo “Poseidon” according to a NATO warning note leaked to Italian media over the weekend, as reported by the Daily Mail.

This supertorpedo is capable of traveling vast distances underwater before exploding with enormous force, thus causing a “nuclear tsunami” who could choke me radiation waves coastal cities.

It is noted that if the test is carried out, it will probably be Putin’s latest effort to “intimidate” the West over the failed war in Ukraine, since he is suspected of last week’s attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines. It is noted that Belgorod has mini-submarines designed to carry out attacks on underwater infrastructure.

However, it exists doubt about his involvement because – the 180-meter-long submarine, one of the largest in the world – would be extremely difficult to go unnoticed when entering the Baltic. It is unclear whether the Belgorod would have time to reach its base in the White Baltic Sea—a distance of about 3,000 miles—without ever being detected.

Since then NATO sent a warning to allies that the submarine was missing from the base, but said it was still believed to be operating in the Arctic. It is unclear exactly when the warning was sent, but it was first published yesterday by Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The Belgorod submarine has been in operation since July. The Neptune super-torpedo was one of four new-generation weapons announced by Putin in 2018 and believed to be operational.

According to Russian media, it is capable of traveling up to 9,500 kilometers underwater before detonating a two-megaton nuclear warhead, more powerful than bomb dropped on Hiroshima by 130 times.

This particular nuclear warhead was never tested because of the international prohibitions for nuclear weapons testing. Violating these agreements by testing the Neptune – even in remote Arctic waters – would be an extremely provocative move by Russia.

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