American Military News:
A recently released Nuclear Posture Review published by the U.S. Defense Department outlined some of Russia’s new military weapons currently in development, including revolutionary undersea nuclear-armed torpedoes that have officials at the Defense Intelligence Agency on edge.
Particularly, Russia’s new intercontinental nuclear armed undersea torpedo, which was outlined in the report and made public for the first time, has alarmed many top U.S. officials. Known as the “Status-6” system, the program is fired underwater and can potentially travel thousands of miles before striking U.S. coastal targets such as military bases or major cities.
Adam Mount, Director of the Defense Posture Project at the Federation of American Scientists, also expressed his concerns.“The concept is a horror of the Cold War,” he stated. “It is clearly inspired by overblown Russian worries that U.S. missile defenses will make their missile forces obsolete.”
