Vladimir Putin is gearing up to use his new tech to imitate nuclear war, according to multiple reports.

Key insiders have claimed that the Russia‘s president has developed a unique way to simulate an atomic bomb attack and is expected to carry out numerous military drills amid warnings of escalating aggression in Ukraine.

St Petersburg’s Khrulev Military Academy, say experts, is playing a major role in developing this technology which can mimic the infamous mushroom cloud seen in a nuclear explosion.

A recent report by state news agency, ITAR_TASS, states: “The purpose of the model is to simulate what a nuclear strike looks like – the shock effect, flash of light and the mushroom cloud of a ground-based nuclear explosion.”

The Moscow Times reported that the innovative creation will be applied to “train radiation, chemical and biological intelligence units to determine the parameters of the epicentre of a nuclear explosion.”

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“Understanding Russia and maintaining deterrence vis-a-vis Russia is a matter of survival for the West.”

Putin is also alleged to be considering the resumption of nuclear bomb tests in the Arctic, with reports suggesting he instructed Foreign Minister Sergei Shoigu to prepare for an imminent start.

He also appeared to taunt the West with a new exhibition in Moscow where the feared 50-megaton AN602 explosive – known as the “Tsar Bomba” – is on display.

The exhibit appears to further signal he does not intend to let warnings about the deployment of nuclear weapons deter him from resuming the tests.

Backing him is his faithful ally Mikhail Kovalchuk, the boss of the Kurchatov Nuclear Institute, who commented: “I think this is a correct idea.”