Putin Announces Russia’s New Weapons Systems Already Operational: Kinzhal and Laser Defense Grid
The new Russian super weapons, which were announced to the world in Putin's March address, are already operational. Today, Vladimir Putin spoke about how the army is testing methods to apply the hypersonic "Kinzhal" missile, and the laser weapon system. The President held a final meeting with the heads of the Ministry of Defense and the military-industrial complex. The subject of the meeting was advanced weaponry and using military technology for civilian purposes.
Alexander Balitsky with the report.
On the final day of a series of military meetings, Putin talked about the latest, innovative weapon projects, those which were unveiled in his Address to the Federal Assembly and those which are still in development. These groundbreaking strategic weapons make the current foreign defense system useless. Before the talk, Putin congratulated Yuri Borisov. Just yesterday, he sat at this table as Deputy Minister of Defense, and today, after the President signed the decree, he took up work in the government, in an ordinary suit, where he will supervise the military-industrial complex.
Vladimir Putin: "First, I want to congratulate Yuri Ivanovich on his appointment to the high position of deputy prime minister of the Russian government, sit down, please, I hope he will use his experience and knowledge, which he gained by working many years in this sphere, in order to promote all of our plans and ensure their implementation".
There are many plans indeed, and Putin already unveiled some of them. Just two years from now, the army will receive the "Sarmat" superheavy intercontinental ballistic missile system, which is invincible in every way, it's impossible to neutralize its attack. It carries up to 20 warheads, with a yield of up to 8 megatons. The "Avangards" will be operational next year the gliding cruise missiles with nuclear engines, which are able to travel to the target via atmospheric re-entry at the hypersonic speed of 12,000 mph. Putin thanks the scientists, engineers, and developers.
Vladimir Putin: "These innovative models of weaponry and equipment, created by their labor and talents, are head of their foreign counterparts by years, maybe decades. Many expensive, frankly, extremely expensive foreign weapon systems have been made useless and obsolete".
The President means, in particular, the extensively discussed American missile defense, which "Avangard" can easily penetrate. The task set by the commander-in-chief: all new weapon models should adopt from their predecessors these main qualities: effectiveness, simplicity, and reliability, like the Kalashnikov. Which is how the "Kinzhal" turned out: a high-precision, hypersonic airborne missile system. And those missiles were carried over Red Square by modern aircraft on the Victory Day parade. Effectively maneuvering at a speed of two miles per second, the "Kinzhal" is guaranteed to penetrate any existing defense system. Covered in a special material, it's almost invisible to radar, able to destroy command posts and entire naval groups. And these cutting-edge technologies shouldn't only be used in military applications, says Putin.
Vladimir Putin: "Successful research and development in the area of defense technology is of vital importance for us. This is both to ensure the military security of the country, and, this is of crucial importance, generating powerful potential for development in the civilian world: new solutions for energy, industry, infrastructure. Increasing Russia's competitiveness in science, in modern personnel training, creating advanced production, and the digital economy. Therefore priority will be given to robotics and everything related to artificial intelligence".
Alexander Balitsky, Stanislav Ponomarenko, Valery Glushakov, Vesti, Sochi.