Some people might consider the title to be a bit alarmist, but spare me a few moments to reveal some current day realities that might make you second guess that opinion...

DEATH FROM BELOW

• carry a multi-megaton nuclear bomb with a range of about 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles)
• move at a speed of 54 knots, or 100 km/h (60 mph) and travel to a depth of more than 1,000 meters (faster then any torpedoes and can reach depths far below any American submarine vessel)
• carry a 100-megaton nuclear warhead, which Putin said could target coastal targets and warships (potentially create a tsunami wave up to 500 meters (1,600 ft) tall, which would radioactively contaminate a wide area on an enemy's coast)

Now on the more terrifying end, we have the nuclear powered cruise missile. That's right folks, a nuke powered by nuclear energy. What that translates into is a nuclear missile that can travel around the globe INDEFINITELY. It can take whatever scenic route it so chooses, before raining down fiery hell upon whatever target it so chooses. Apparently, Putin wants to make it clear that Russia is unhappy with the U.S. withdrawal from a Cold War-era treaty banning missile defenses, as well as the U.S. development of a missile defense system.