President Vladimir Putin's
spokesman said Thursday plans for a new submarine-launched
nuclear torpedo shown on Kremlin-controlled television were
secret and should never have been aired, the Associated Press
reported.
NTV and Channel One showed a large document - filmed over a
military officer's shoulder during a meeting with Putin - with
drawings and details of a weapons system called Status-6.
The torpedoes could create "extensive zones of radioactive
contamination" that would make enemy coastal areas "unsuitable
for military, economic, business or other activity for a long
time," the document said.
The channels later removed the footage, which was shot
during a meeting on Monday in Sochi.
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