By Will Stewart In Moscow for MailOnline
Published: 15:26 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 15:48 GMT, 20 February 2019
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Russia has released video of its Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone that can be launched from a submarine and carry nuclear warheads.
The clip emerged after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Poseidon - seen by military officials as a giant nuclear-capable torpedo - had been undergoing successful tests.
Details of its high speed 125 mph underwater propulsion system are regarded as top secret.
Russia has released video of its Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone that can be launched from a submarine and carry nuclear warheads
The clip emerged after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Poseidon - seen by military officials as a giant nuclear-capable torpedo - had been undergoing successful tests
Russia has previously only release computer generated images of the underwater drone
Russia's Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone has been undergoing tests successfully, Putin said this morning
Putin boasted today in a major speech on Russian military might: 'Tests are being carried out successfully with the Burevestnik cruise missile, which has unlimited range and a nuclear engine, and with the unmanned underwater vehicle Poseidon, which has unlimited range.
'In this regard, I would like to make one important remark. Nothing was said about this earlier, but today it can be said that as early as this spring the launch will be made of the first atomic submarine as a carrier for this
