Russia has developed an array of new defense systems — including a supersonic nuclear weapon that can reach any spot on Earth while avoiding missile-defense systems, President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday.
Putin boasts of new nukes that can strike anywhere in the world
Afghan Voice Agency(AVA) , 1 Mar 2018 - 17:45
Russia has developed an array of new defense systems — including a supersonic nuclear weapon that can reach any spot on Earth while avoiding missile-defense systems, President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday.
Delivering his annual State of the Union address, Putin said Russia was prepared to use its nukes if attacked, and added that Moscow would consider a nuclear attack on its allies as a nuclear attack on Russia itself — and would retaliate immediately.
“We see increased opportunities with the armed forces,” he said, according to CNBC. “We’ve done a lot to strengthen our army and navy and they are equipped with modern weaponry.”
Putin presented a video of how one of the prototype missiles would work, explaining that the new system would have an unlimited range.
“It can attack any target, through the North or South Pole, it is a powerful weapon and no missile defense system will be able to withstand,” the strongman boasted.
Putin also revealed that Russia has a “small nuclear power energy system” — a nuclear warhead — that can be deployed on a cruise missile system and “avoid all interceptors.”
He said the country had successfully tested the cruise last year and would start manufacturing it now.
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