Sutton has researched on the submarine and its real capabilities, demystifying the aura of speculation around it.

Submarine capacity is one of Russia´s most valuable assets and key strategic deterrents against other navies and potential threats to it. As of 2022 Russia has a total of 73 units (slightly above of US’ and China’s forces). Despite the Belgorod is the only one of its kind, Russia has a big fleet of submarines dispersed across the world´s oceans. The only other submarines which can match such measures are those from the legendary Typhoon class of the soviet navy, which were 175 meters long and +23 meters wide and of which only one remains active. It is the largest submarine in the world, which puts it in a different category from the rest of conventional submarines. The submarine is 178 meters long, 15 meters wide, and has a tonnage of around 30,000 tons. Through it, the Russian military is re-vitalizing its once-abandoned Soviet-era bases, which are being modernized to host the latest warfare and technology. Its incorporation to Russia´s submarine fleet comes at a time of war in Ukraine and of an important military buildup in the Arctic region. It was commissioned just three months ago, in early July 2022. The K-329 Belgorod is a variation of the Oscar-II class of Russian submarine fleet, designed for special operations. Thus, it is useful to properly understand what the Belgorod does and how Russia´s fleets are distributed, and how dangerous is Russian submarine activity. Yet, most of it is due to the general unawareness about Russia´s submarines and their regular activities-in part because of Russia´s secrecy on these matters. Armed with a very powerful weapon which is said could cause a gigantic, nuclear tsunami, a sense of fear towards the Belgorod and Russia´s submarine activity has sparked among European and American population. During the past couple of days, many rumors have circulated through global media outlets over the ’disappearance’ of a Russian nuclear submarine, the ‘Belgorod’, reported to have gone missing.

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