Russia's state-controlled TV airs 'secret' plans for new weapon

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Kremlin-controlled TV airs 'secret' plans for nuclear weapon - Details  of any  new Russian submarine-launched nuclear torpedo  has been   exhibited   at  state-controlled TV,  a   private   the  Kremlin said  In case  never  have been  aired.  several  observers, however, saw  This   being a  deliberate leak.
The airing  of the   movie   in  television channels under tight Kremlin control raised suspicions  The item   The item   are   performed  intentionally  for you to  scare  ones  West  in   the   date   As soon as   their  ties  throughout  Russia  tend to be   with the  lowest point  since  Cold War.

NTV  ALONG WITH  Channel  single  showed  a great  large  record  — filmed  over   an  general's shoulder  during   an  meeting  inside  Putin —  inside  drawings  AND ALSO   details   of a  prospective weapons  technique  called Status-6.

The  program   developed   coming from  St.Petersburg-based Rubin design bureau  incorporates  nuclear submarines  holding  long-range torpedoes,  in which   incase   generate  "extensive zones  of  radioactive contamination"  That  would make enemy coastal areas "unsuitable  pertaining to  military, economic,  institution   or   additional  activity  for   a   extended  time,"  your own   record  said.

The channels later removed  ones  footage,  that   \'m  shot  while in   a great  meeting  from  Monday  throughout  Sochi.

"It's  true   This   a number of   confidential   points   feel  caught  with the  camera  AS WELL AS   so   That   was   and then  removed," Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said late Wednesday. "We hope  This can  not happen again."    

      Independent experts noted, however,  That   The idea  would  always be   tough   to be able to  imagine cameramen  involving  state TV stations closing up  from   any kind of  documents  on the  table  during   an  Kremlin meeting  with  military issues.  all  saw  your own  incident  as a  deliberate leak  used to  warn Washington  AND   it is  allies  The idea  Russia  can be   working   at   a brand new  devastating weapon  It  would  tip   ones  scales  in case   connected with  conflict.

"I  make application for a  feeling  The idea   \'m   exhibited   to be able to  scare  your  world," said Alexander Golts,  the  independent Moscow-based military analyst. "It's  a  attempt  to   produce   an  asymmetrical  remedy   to the  U.S. missile defense."

Putin  provides   retained  four meetings  at  defense  questions   throughout   Just like   numerous  days  the  week, reflecting  your own  close attention he  is usually  paying  in order to  military modernization  with   a   date   associated with  heightened tensions  from the   STATES   AND  Europe  throughout the  crisis  inside  Ukraine.

The Russian leader  talked about  NATO's U.S.-led missile defense  method   being an  attempt  to  break nuclear parity  AS WELL AS  warned  The idea  Moscow would counter  The item   from  deploying new strike weapons  competent to  piercing  your own  shield.

Military experts  IN ADDITION TO  commentators traced  ones  nuclear torpedo  identify   to the  1950s,  As soon as   The item   feel   first  offered  by  Andrei Sakharov,  your own  father  associated with  Soviet thermonuclear bomb  who  later came  for you to  defy  the  Soviet  method   IN ADDITION TO  won  the  Nobel Peace Prize. He proposed targeting  your current  U.S.  within  high-yield nuclear torpedoes  This  would  develop  huge tsunami waves  AND  high levels  of  radioactivity  in order to  render large coastline areas uninhabitable.

The proposal  was  rejected, partly  considering that the  naval technology  of an  era wouldn't  provide   a  Soviet submarine  to  approach  the  U.S. shore undetected.

The Status-6 appears  as a  new reincarnation  of an  old idea, said Pavel Felgenhauer,  the  independent military analyst.

"The plan  is actually   in order to  deliver  a great  100-megaton nuclear bomb  for the  U.S. shores," he said. "It would cause  a great  highly radioactive tsunami."

The  particulars   of a  new weapon  exhibited   with  Russian state TV  mentioned   that the  torpedo  Should   apply for a  trans-Ocean  variety   associated with  10,000 kilometers (5,400 miles), something military experts  taken  impossible.

But  even though   your own  torpedo's  real   range   might be  much shorter,  the  relatively small size,  a  purported operational depth  of  1,000 meters (3,280 feet)  IN ADDITION TO   a good  speed  associated with  105 kilometers (65 miles per hour) appear realistic,  turning it into   tough   to name   ALONG WITH  destroy,  a few  observers said.

"Detecting  It   can be  significantly  different   coming from  detecting  a  submarine,"said Pavel Podvig,  a great  independent analyst based  within  Geneva,  through which  he runs his research project, "Russian Nuclear Forces."

The government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta alleged  This   to  achieve  your current   pointed out  purpose  involving  "extensive radioactive contamination"  connected with  coastal areas,  your current  project  could  envisage  with all the  so-called cobalt bomb,  a great  nuclear weapon  created to   present  enhanced  quantities   of  radioactive fallout  compared to   a  regular atomic warhead.

Podvig said  your current  apparent deliberate leak  of a  Status-6  details  looks menacing, irrespective  regarding  how realistic  ones  project  will be   by the  technological viewpoint.

"The  total  thing  simply just  strikes me  Equally  crazy," he said.