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Poseidon: Implications of a New Russian Strategic Nuclear Programme

Russian Oscar II Class Submarine

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The Russian Federation has designed a new kind of strategic weapon, which has been variously designated Kanyon, Status-6 or Poseidon. It has few, if any, parallels in Western arsenals in terms of its apparent strategic purpose or technical characteristics.

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