The RAF add that five Poseidon MRA1s are based at RAF Lossiemouth with a further four set to be delivered by the end of this year. The stealth torpedo is powered by a nuclear reactor - and is capable of sneaking past coastal defences by moving along the sea bed. The bus-sized Poseidon is designed to destroy coastal targets with a multi-megaton warhead. This exercise has proved everything is in place for our weapon technicians to rapidly get these torpedoes onto our aircraft, so we can deliver them wherever and whenever they are needed.” Weapon experts have raised the alarm over Moscow’s new super-weapon, the Poseidon 2M39 Torpedo, which is currently being tested in the polar region. The Poseidon is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 1 March 2018. Poseidon can travel tens of thousands of nautical miles at a depth of 1,000 meters underwater. “It’s been a great privilege to witness the hard work of so many talented individuals across the Royal Air Force, civil service and industry partners come together to enable us to launch and recover this torpedo. Squadron Leader Higgins, Torpedo Project lead, was quoted as saying: The successful release of a torpedo is the latest milestone in the rapid development of the Poseidon in RAF service.” The high-explosive warheads on the live torpedoes pack a devastating punch sufficient to destroy enemy submarines that the Poseidon crew can locate and track using state-of-the-art equipment. “At just under 3m long and 32cm in diameter, the Mk 54 torpedo is small and light enough that five can be carried in the Poseidon’s internal weapons bay.
Likely only used for second nuclear attacks. There is also an opinion that the warhead of the Poseidon nuclear torpedo is a cobalt bomb and its polluting ability is much stronger than that of conventional nuclear weapons. The Royal Air Force say here that in a training flight conducted over the Moray Firth a Poseidon (P-8A) aircraft operated by 120 Squadron, based at RAF Lossiemouth, dropped a recoverable exercise variant of the Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo, simulating an attack on a submarine. Poseidon can travel tens of thousands of nautical miles at a depth of 1,000 meters underwater. A Royal Air Force P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has released a torpedo for the first time.
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