The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket. It succeeded the UGM-27 Polaris …

Oct 30, 2025 · At the height of the Poseidon program, 31 nuclear-powered submarines carried 16 missiles each. In 1979 the Poseidon began to be phased out in favour of the longer-range Trident …

Dec 22, 2025 · U.S. Hypersonic Missiles Should Terrify Iran The announcement of Poseidon’s success came just a few days after the launch of the Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered cruise missile.

Oct 29, 2025 · The Poseidon is a new weapon that has appeared amid what Putin has cast as a global arms race - primarily between the United States, Russia and China - to modernise and develop their …

Nov 1, 2025 · Poseidon is part of Russia’s lineup of “super weapons” meant to gain military parity with the West, and it can supposedly drown coastal cities.

Oct 29, 2025 · Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country’s military successfully tested a massive nuclear-torpedo dubbed the Poseidon capable of leveling coastal cities with 1,600 …

Oct 29, 2025 · Poseidon, the unmanned underwater drone, is one of Russia’s latest nuclear-capable missile projects, unveiled by Mr. Putin in 2018 in a clear message of deterrence for the West.

Mar 27, 2024 · The Poseidon C-3 missile, a two-stage solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile, was developed to launch from the US Navy’s submerged submarines. It followed the Polaris …

Dec 13, 2024 · The Poseidon submarine-launched ballistic missile, the follow-on system to the Polaris program, was a two-stage, solid-propellant missile designed to be launched from a submerged fleet …

Oct 29, 2025 · U.S. and Russian officials have both described Poseidon as a new category of retaliatory weapon, capable of triggering radioactive ocean swells to render coastal cities uninhabitable.