Bouquet of threats

New samples of Russian weapons make an American system about meaningless. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin, speaking with a message to the Federal Assembly, the Kremlin press service reports .

In Russia, active tests of the new intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" began, Putin noted. According to the president, Sarmat is able to attack targets both through the North and South Pole. Sarmat is a very formidable weapon. Due to his characteristics, no, even promising missile defense systems, is not a hindrance to him, ”said Putin.

Sarmat will replace the Voivode missile system (according to the NATO -18 SATAN classification), created back in the Soviet Union. According to Putin, the capabilities of the new rocket will be higher. “With a weight of more than 200 tons, it has a short active flight section, which makes it difficult to intercept with the means of the pro -heavy missile, the number and power of combat units is more than that of the Voivode,” Putin said.

"At the end of 2017, at the Central training ground of the Russian Federation, a successful launch of the latest Russian cruise missile with a nuclear power plant took place," the president said. - The launch of the rocket and a complex of ground tests allow you to proceed to the creation of a fundamental new type of weapon - a strategic complex of nuclear weapons with a rocket equipped with a nuclear energy installation. "

The President also noted that the tests of the high-precision hypersonic Aviation-Rocket Complex "Dagger" have been successfully completed. From December 1, 2017, it has been put on experimental and combat duty.

Putin also said that Russia has developed unmanned underwater devices capable of moving at a very high depth and at an intercontinental range at a speed multiplying the speed of submarines, the most modern torpedoes and all types, even the most speedy, surface ships.

In addition, Russia began the development of such types of strategic weapons that did not use ballistic trajectory and are invulnerable to the pro, Putin noted. The new Russian cruise missile will have an unlimited radius of action and can maneuver as you like, the president said. "As you know, no one in the world has nothing like this yet. Someday, it will probably appear, but during this time our guys will come up with something else," Putin said.

“I hope that everything that has been said today is cut off by any potential aggressor. And such unfriendly steps in relation to Russia as the deployment of the Pro system, the approach of NATO infrastructure to our borders and the like, from a military point of view, it becomes ineffective, with financial - unreasonably costly, and, ultimately, it is simply pointless for those who initiate and do it,” said Putin. DO NOT Listen.

Last year, the first throwing tests of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile were postponed from March to June . This was not reported about the reasons. Throwing tests - the first stage of missing checks. It is checked whether the missile preparation system has been developed correctly, how the starting equipment is triggered.

It was reported that serial deliveries of Sarmatians to strategic missile troops can begin in 2019. The Sarmatians are planned to replace the Voivode complexes in the Uzhurskaya (Krasnoyarsk Territory) and Dombarovsk (Orenburg Region) divisions of the Strategic Missile Forces.

According to experts, the ICBR of the RS-28 "Sarmat" will be able to deliver the separated head of the weighing up to 10 tons to anywhere in the world. This missile is also planned to be used as a carrier of hypersonic combat units.

On March 23, President Vladimir Putin said that strategic nuclear forces in priority will be equipped with new weapons . "We will continue to develop the country's defense potential, equip all types and kinds of troops with the armament and technique of a new generation. First of all, this applies to strategic nuclear forces. Before the end of 2020, their equipment with modern weapons should exceed 60 percent, and 90 percent in separate parameters," the president said.

On the same day, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a lecture at the Military Academy of the General Staff said that the time had not yet come for a complete refusal of nuclear weapons. “Recently, efforts have been significantly activated to force nuclear states to abandon nuclear weapons. It is absolutely clear that the time has not yet come for this,” said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lavrov also noted that the possibilities for further bilateral abbreviations of nuclear weapons from the United States are currently exhausted. “We are ready to discuss this topic based on the growing relevance of this process of a multilateral nature,” the minister emphasized. “We are ready to discuss the possibilities of further phased reduction of nuclear potential, but only taking into account all the factors that determine strategic stability, and not just the number of strategic offensive weapons.”