Irish Furious: Russian Threat to Destroy Ireland with Giant Radioactive Tidal Wave

Irish lawmakers' fury after they realise Russian state TV threat to destroy Britain with a giant tidal wave would involve wiping out Ireland

• Kremlin TV host Dmitry Kiselyov threatened to wipe Great Britain off the map
• An accompanying graphic showed an underwater nuke destroying all of Ireland 
• Politicians expressed their 'absolute disgust' at the threat to the country 

Irish lawmakers have reacted with fury after Russian state media urged Putin to wipe Great Britain off the map with a giant tidal wave, destroying Ireland in the process.

Dmitry Kiselyov, known as 'Putin's mouthpiece', used his Sunday night show to call for attacks on Britain with a Poseidon underwater drone that he said would trigger a 1,600ft radioactive tidal wave and 'plunge Britain to the depths of the ocean.'

The drone 'has capacity for a warhead of up to 100 megatons', Kiselyov claimed - several thousand times the strength of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima - which would 'raise a giant wave, a tsunami, up to 1,640ft high' - enough to reach halfway up Scafell Pike, the tallest point in England.

The doomsday warnings were accompanied with a graphic showing how the underwater attack would be launched from a submarine based in the Atlantic Ocean.

Ireland is not mentioned at all but the graphic shows the island being completely engulfed by the tidal wave before it even hits the shores of England, Scotland or Wales.

Irish politicians have shared their disgust at the apocalyptic threat from Russia, whose propaganda channels have regularly discussed the destruction of Great Britain, with Ireland also likely to suffer in any attack.

Irish politicians have shared their disgust at the apocalyptic threat of destruction from Russian state TV

A graphic showed Ireland and the United Kingdom being completely destroyed by a tidal wave from a single Poseidon bomb

MEP Billy Kelleher said: 'I presume someone in Irish Government is conveying our absolute disgust at these threats to Ireland. 

'There is no free speech in #Russia so these statements are being made with Putin's approval. 

'Time to tell Russian Government that this wild language is simply unacceptable to us.'

Senator Tom Clonan added that the Russian ambassador to Ireland, Yury Filato, should be summoned over the issue.

Kiselyov warned in his Sunday show : 'This tidal wave is also a carrier of extremely high doses of radiation. Surging over Britain, it will turn whatever is left of them into radioactive desert, unusable for anything. How do you like this prospect?'

Dmitry Kiselyov, known as 'Putin's mouthpiece', twice threatened to destroy the UK with nukes on his show last night - including with an underwater drone he claimed can cause a radioactive tidal wave

What is Russia's nuclear armed Poseidon torpedo?

Poseidon is a Russian nuclear weapon currently in development that is a blend of torpedo and drone.

Moscow claims it is unstoppable by current nuclear defences, and could be used to destroy coastal cities or blow up aircraft carriers and their battle groups.

Poseidon is made up of a 65ft tube that is almost 6ft in diameter which can be carried by specially adapted submarines and launched like a torpedo.

Once launched, it acts like a drone and can be remotely guided to its target.

The tube is though to contain a nuclear reactor theoretically giving the drone an unlimited range if traveling on a pre-set course to its target.

In order for an operator to control the drone, it would have to stay within range of some kind of control tower.

Poseidon is thought to be capable of traveling up to 115mph which would give it the ability to out-run any torpedos that might be used to destroy it.

It is also thought to be able to dive to 1km, which would also put it out of range of current torpedos. 

While the exact payload is unknown, the size of the nuclear warhead seen in leaked designs suggests it could have a yield of up to 100 megatons.

That would make Poseidon roughly twice as powerful as the Tsar Bomba - the largest nuke ever created - which obliterated everything within a 60mile radius when it was tested in 1961, shattering the windows of buildings up to 560miles away.

Exactly what would happen if a bomb twice as powerful as that was detonated underwater is unknown, though a tsunami would inevitably result. 

Scientists estimate the volcanic eruption which devastated Tonga earlier this year hit with a force of 10 megatons - or a tenth the power of Poseidon.

Putin last gave an update on the development of Poseidon in 2019, saying it had passed key tests.

However, the weapon is not thought to be operational and may not enter active service for several years.