RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇷🇺🇪🇺🇺🇲Putin Declares Russia’s Nuclear Submarine Fleet Critical as Poseidon Nears Combat Readiness against NATO.. Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasised the importance of the Navy’s nuclear forces in the country’s deterrent, stressing its “huge significance.” Singling out the Posidon nuclear powered torpedo, which carries nuclear warheads, he observed: “As for the Posidon we have been talking a lot about, this uncrewed underwater vehicle is at the final stage,” he said at a meeting with Russian Navy servicemen. “We are about to complete [the work on it] and put it on combat alert.”