The timing is impossible to ignore. Just days after Russia successfully tested its terrifying Poseidon nuclear torpedo and the Burevestnik cruise missile, both nuclear-powered super-weapons designed to bypass all American defenses, Trump has pulled the trigger on America’s response. The timing is impossible to ignore. Just days after Russia successfully tested its terrifying Poseidon nuclear torpedo and the Burevestnik cruise missile, both nuclear-powered super-weapons designed to bypass all American defenses, Trump has pulled the trigger on America’s response.