Okay. I read the article. What does USNI have their panties in a snit about?
It says it is a “Intercontinental Nuclear-Powered Nuclear-Armed Autonomous Torpedo”
So I guess the sub launches the thing which, nuclear powered, can cruise around for a long time autonomously, and if commanded, can launch some kind of SUBROC type of airborne IBCM or cruise missile?
Russia plans on being able to destroy coastal cities by creating a large enough explosion at depth to create a man-made tidal wave.
20MT could disturb a lot of seawater.
The Poseidon torpedo is actually a nuclear powered drone that travels very slowly at great depth to avoid detection. It is coated with sonar absorbing material.
When activated it heads up the continental shelf at high speed and detonates a 200 megaton warhead. That’s four times larger than the Tsar bomb. It creates an enormous tsunami and wipes out entire coastlines.
Some of the warheads are salted with cobalt and can make an area uninhabitable for centuries. This is Russia’s doomsday weapon.