Russian military releases terrifying video of “radioactive tsunami” torpedo test
THE RUSSIAN Defense Ministry has even released a video showing the first test of a weapon that creates “radioactive tsunamis.”
The underwater 'field-test' of the Poseidon 2M39 torpedo has left some experts concerned.
A video of the weapon was released by Russian media and appears to show the weapon being released by several soldiers on a submarine.
It also features some eerie green waves in the supposed aftermath of the explosion.
The nuclear weapon can be dropped onto the seabed by a submarine or ship and travel through shore defences until it reaches the desired location.
Then, it's nuclear warhead is designed to explode sending a tsunami of radioactive waves onto the targeted coastline.
Russia is testing some of its latest weapons in the Arctic.
Satellite images have revealed a large military base in the snowy conditions.
Terrifying space weapons of the future
Here are three of the scariest...
Rods from God
- A strange but utterly terrifying weapon has been dubbed "rods from the God" and is based on the concept of creating man-made meteorites that can be guided towards the enemy.
- Instead of using rocks rods the size of telephone poles are deployed.
- These would be made out of tungsten — a rare metal that can stand the intense heat generated by entering Earth's atmosphere.
- One satellite fires the rods towards the Earth's atmosphere while the other steers them to a target on the ground.
- Reaching speeds of 7000mph they hit the ground with the force of a small nuclear weapon — but crucially creating no radiation fall out.
- As bizarre as it sounds, a US Congressional report recently revealed the military has been pushing ahead with the kinetic space weapons.
Molten metal cannons
- This intriguing idea is being developed by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
- It is called the Magneto Hydrodynamic Explosive Munition or MAHEM.
- This game changing rail-gun can fire a jet of molten metal, hurled through space at several hundred miles per second by the most powerful electromagnets ever built.
- The molten metal can then morph into an aerodynamic slug during flight and pierce through another spacecraft or satellite and a munition explodes inside.
Space force ships
- Already the United States is powering head with its spacecraft, although China is busy developing one of their own.
- The top secret American XS-1 under development by DARPA.
- It can travel ten times the speed of sound and launch missiles.
- Meanwhile an unmanned craft is currently being developed in the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre in Mianyang, Sichuan province, which is also known as Base 29.
In other news, a supersonic plane that could fly you from London to New York in an hour is in the works.
The US military is working on a new hypersonic weapon that can hit targets at speeds of over 4,000 miles per hour.
And, the US military is reportedly developing a laser weapon that can generate the sound of a voice out of thin air.
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