While rampant confusion over the PMC Wagner Rebellion it wasn’t dominates the news coverage of the rapidly escalating conflict between Russia and NATO, something far more important may be happening beneath the surface.
The K-329 Belgorod is an Oscar II-class advanced submarine, commissioned by Vladimir Putin in 2022 and intended to serve as a launch pad for Poseidon nuclear-torpedo drones.
That’s according to a report from USNI NewsPoseidon drones are “strategic nuclear weapons designed to evade the West’s growing ballistic missile defense capability”.
After launch, the 80-foot nuclear torpedoes would move undetected across the ocean floor before detonating a 100-megaton, cobalt-enhanced warhead.
The resulting radioactive tidal wave would completely decimate any targeted shoreline,“creating large areas of radioactive contamination, rendering them unusable for long periods of time for military, economic or other activities.”
On Friday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov announced that Russia would not notify Washington of Poseidon drone tests involving nuclear submarines.
Noted expert on submarines and underground systems, reports HI Sutton the announcement is one of many indicators suggesting that a test launch of the dreaded weapon system is indeed imminent.
“Russia’s largest submarine, Belgorod (K-329), has departed from Severodvinsk in the Russian Arctic in recent days,” Sutton explains. “The support ship Akademik Aleksandrov also sailed from Severodvinsk. This ship is associated with the testing of the 2M39 Poseidon Intercontinental Nuclear-Powered Nuclear-Armed Autonomous Torpedo. The sailing of the two together, plus other observed signs, may indicate that a Poseidon test launch is imminent.
***UPDATE***
Here-> https://t.co/x9fml4Pnln#OSINT indicates that the first POSEIDON intercontinental nuclear-powered nuclear-armed autonomous torpedo is launched from #Russian submarine Belgorod may take place in the next few daysNot related to Wagner’s coup, but may be a show of strength pic.twitter.com/8iVnqn8t0R
— HELLO Sutton (@CovertShores) June 25, 2023
In a phone call this afternoon, former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Tanya Hildenbrand points out that “OSINT shows that the last delivery of the 2-megaton torpedoes has taken place, so that testing can proceed without warning.”
As reported yesterday by Gateway Pundit, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other prominent Republicans question what they believe was the CIA’s involvement in yesterday’s theater show in southern Russia.
As further reported this morning, concerns about “rogue” PMC Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin and the future of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu persist – perhaps rightly so.
But given the situation on the ground, an anonymous analyst working with the US intelligence community says the “coup hoax was probably done to shade Prigozhin and make the paper trail on Wagner much harder to follow.”
“This all happened two weeks after the Wall Street Journal did their big hit on Wagnerthe analyst explained, “Most Americans had probably never heard of it until then.”
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Tanya Hildenbrand further explains:
“Most analysts are talking about how weak Putin looks now that the Wagner group is turning against him, BUT there were no defects from his inner circle. Prigozhin made a deal and Putin offered to integrate the soldiers of the Wagner group into the Russian army.”
Another unnamed analyst points out that yesterday’s developments have moved the head of PMC Wagner to a new position in Belarus.
“Western forces were simultaneously pulled further away from Kiev’s defenses – giving Russia a greater chance of attacking from the north – under Prigozhin’s well-seasoned command,” the analyst explained.
Hildenbrand says the situation will become more challenging if Putin addresses the ongoing supply problems that have plagued the Russian military since the invasion began.
As America’s influence in Taiwan wanes, a new front in the Ukrainian conflict could quickly lead to a globally coordinated assault on US national security interests. Some analyzes suggest that such a move is already well underway.
Several sources say Chinese military personnel may already be conducting advance operations within the borders of US territory — perhaps in preparation for a large-scale, global insurgency campaign designed to completely dismantle Western power.
More people Understand why I keep coming back to the Netherlands…railway from China starts/ends in Rotterdam — largest port in Europe. Just south of Rotterdam is the second largest port, Antwerp. Both ports are in Tristate City. Great control over Europe. https://t.co/1nj9pV3DHN pic.twitter.com/VLcQQWZaeJ
— Michael Yon Jungle (@Michael_Yon) June 25, 2023
As America grapples with an unprecedented number of operations carried out by near-similar adversaries around the world, the alliance between communist China and Putin’s Russia poses an increasingly dangerous situation.
Should Russia prove capable of launching a Poseidon nuclear strike against the East Coast of the United States, America could be in a much worse position than anyone would like to consider.
Perhaps the most significant challenge facing America, however, is the compromised leadership at the helm.
With the potential for a large-scale attack becoming increasingly realistic, it is undoubtedly time to put our own house in order.