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Russia’s Khabarovsk submarine purpose-built to carry Poseidon nuclear torpedoes

The post describes new open-source details on Russia’s Project 09851 Khabarovsk, a dedicated carrier submarine for the Poseidon (2M39) autonomous nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed underwater weapon. The novelty is the specialized submarine architecture (Poseidon tubes/hangars in the bow, reduced conventional torpedo capacity, Borei/BELGOROD-derived sections) optimized specifically for deploying long-range autonomous underwater strike weapons.

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