Russia expects ‘doomsday’ submarine trials to be done by year’s end

The Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko says he expects the Russian latest super-sized submarine, Belgorod, to complete trials by the end of the year.

The 604-foot-long Belgorod is one of the biggest submarines ever. It was designed to carry as many as six 79-foot-long, nuclear-powered underwater Poseidon drones armed with a huge dirty-bomb warhead.

Poseidon is believed to carry a 2 megaton thermonuclear warhead and is designed to go around U.S. missile defenses to strike coastal targets, including ports and cities.