{"id":7468,"date":"2018-03-07T11:53:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfutureamerica.org\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2018-03-07T11:57:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:57:25","slug":"putin-boasts-of-new-russian-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfutureamerica.org\/?p=7468","title":{"rendered":"Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"element B3 ghcite noBottomPadding\">\n<div class=\"respArticleBackground art_header art_header_width_3\">\n<div class=\"art_header_title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"art_header_sub_title\">Moscow announces array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can&#8217;t be intercepted, including nuclear-powered cruise missile, underwater drone, hypersonic missile; Putin: NATO&#8217;s missile defense &#8216;useless,&#8217; says Russia responding to US withdrawal from Cold war-era treaty banning missile defenses.<\/div>\n<div class=\"art_header_footer\">\n<p><span class=\"art_header_footer_author\">Associated Press|<\/span><span class=\"art_header_footer_author\">Published:\u00a0 03.02.18 , 08:53<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"art_header_footer_facebook\">\n<div id=\"articlebottomsharinglinks\" class=\"articlebottomsharinglinks english header_sharing\">\n<div class=\"articlebottomsharinglinks_right_links english header_sharing\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"art_header_bottom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"element B3 ghcite\">\n<div class=\"art_body art_body_width_3\">\n<div class=\"text14\">\n<p>Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can&#8217;t be intercepted, President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday, marking a technological breakthrough that could dramatically increase Russia&#8217;s military capability, boost the Kremlin&#8217;s global position and also raise Western concerns about a potential renewed arms race in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow Ynetnews on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ynetnews\/129653250402500?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ynetnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a state-of-the-nation speech, Putin said the weapons include a nuclear-powered cruise missile, a nuclear-powered underwater drone and new hypersonic missile that have no equivalent elsewhere in the world. He said the creation of the new weapons has made NATO&#8217;s US-led missile defense &#8220;useless,&#8221; and means an effective end to what he described as Western efforts to stymie Russia&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"art_video\">\n<div class=\"placeHolder\">\n<div id=\"185885\" class=\"video-container-flp6 \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharingFooter\">\n<div class=\"sf_tabs \">\n<p id=\"art_video_credit_id\" class=\"art_video_credits cp-h3 fp6\">Russian Intercontinental ballistic missile<\/p>\n<div id=\"wrap-sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf_spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/images\/video\/sharingfooter\/sf_vbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"23\" \/><a class=\"sf_send fp6\" title=\"share\" name=\"sf_send\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf_spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/images\/video\/sharingfooter\/sf_vbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"23\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sf_tabContentContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country&#8217;s development: all what you wanted to impede with your policies have already happened,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You have failed to contain Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"citvCompId-83795461\" class=\"citv_image ya-nowideimg citv_caption_image citv_ynet\">\n<div class=\"magnifyPiccitvCompId-83795461 enlarge_button\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"artImageLightbox cboxElement\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: arial; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative;\" title=\"&lt;span style='padding-left:10px;color:#ffffff !important;opacity:1;'&gt;Putin speaking to the nation&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span style='font:bold 10px Arial;padding-right:10px;'&gt; (Photo: EPA)&lt;\/span&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/images1.ynet.co.il\/\/PicServer5\/2018\/03\/01\/8379546\/83795450100589640360no.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Putin speaking to the nation (Photo: EPA)\" src=\"https:\/\/images1.ynet.co.il\/PicServer5\/2018\/03\/01\/8379546\/83795450100589640360no.jpg\" alt=\"Putin speaking to the nation (Photo: EPA)\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"citv_title_wrap \"><span class=\"citv_title cp-h3\">Putin speaking to the nation<\/span><span class=\"citv_credit cp-h3\">\u00a0(Photo: EPA)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as Putin is set to easily win another six-year presidential term in the March 18 election.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the nuclear-powered cruise missile tested last fall has a &#8220;practically unlimited&#8221; range and high speed and maneuverability allowing it to pierce any missile defense.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"citvCompId-83791352\" class=\"citv_image ya-nowideimg citv_caption_image citv_ynet\">\n<div class=\"magnifyPiccitvCompId-83791352 enlarge_button\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"citv_title_wrap \"><span class=\"citv_title cp-h3\"><br \/>\nVladimir Putin<\/span><span class=\"citv_credit cp-h3\">\u00a0(Photo: Reuters)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader said the high-speed\u00a0<a class=\"bluelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-4945969,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underwater<\/a>\u00a0drone also has an &#8220;intercontinental&#8221; range and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that could target both aircraft carriers and coastal facilities. He said its operational depth and high speed would make it immune to enemy intercept.<\/p>\n<p>Putin noted that the tests of the compact nuclear reactor to power the new drone were completed last fall.<\/p>\n<p>He added, to applause, that names for the nuclear-powered cruise missile and the drone haven&#8217;t yet been chosen, and suggested that the Defense Ministry run a nationwide contest for the best names.<\/p>\n<p>Putin accompanied his statement to an audience of hundreds of senior officials and lawmakers with videos and computer images of new weapons, which were shown on giant screens at a conference hall near the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"citvCompId-83791313\" class=\"citv_image ya-nowideimg citv_caption_image citv_ynet\">\n<div class=\"magnifyPiccitvCompId-83791313 enlarge_button\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"artImageLightbox cboxElement\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: arial; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative;\" title=\"&lt;span style='font:bold 10px Arial;padding-right:10px;'&gt; (Photo: AFP)&lt;\/span&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/images1.ynet.co.il\/\/PicServer5\/2018\/03\/01\/8379131\/83791180991599640360no.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\" (Photo: AFP)\" src=\"https:\/\/images1.ynet.co.il\/PicServer5\/2018\/03\/01\/8379131\/83791180991599640360no.jpg\" alt=\" (Photo: AFP)\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"citv_title_wrap \"><span class=\"citv_credit cp-h3\">(Photo: AFP)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;No one in the world has anything like that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It may appear someday, but by that time we will develop something new.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader said that another new weapon called Avangard is an intercontinental hypersonic missile that would fly to targets at a speed 20 times the speed of sound and strike &#8220;like a meteorite, like a fireball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Putin said that Russia also tested a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, called Sarmat, with a range and number of warheads exceeding its Soviet-era predecessor, known in the West as Satan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"citvCompId-83243774\" class=\"citv_image ya-nowideimg citv_caption_image citv_ynet\">\n<div class=\"magnifyPiccitvCompId-83243774 enlarge_button\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"artImageLightbox cboxElement\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: arial; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative;\" title=\"&lt;span style='padding-left:10px;color:#ffffff !important;opacity:1;'&gt;US nuclear missile&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span style='font:bold 10px Arial;padding-right:10px;'&gt; (Photo: Reuters)&lt;\/span&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/images1.ynet.co.il\/\/PicServer5\/2018\/02\/03\/8324377\/832437501001892640360no.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"US nuclear missile (Photo: Reuters)\" src=\"https:\/\/images1.ynet.co.il\/PicServer5\/2018\/02\/03\/8324377\/832437501001892640360no.jpg\" alt=\"US nuclear missile (Photo: Reuters)\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"citv_title_wrap \"><span class=\"citv_title cp-h3\">US nuclear missile<\/span><span class=\"citv_credit cp-h3\">\u00a0(Photo: Reuters)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said that another weapons system, called Kinzhal, already has been deployed in Russia&#8217;s Southern Military District. He added that it&#8217;s a hypersonic missile carried by an aircraft that can strike targets 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) away.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader emphasized that the development of new weapons that have no equivalent in the West came in response to the US withdrawal from a Cold war-era treaty banning missile defenses and US efforts to develop a missile defense system.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the US has ignored Russian complaints. &#8220;No one has listened to us,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You listen to us now.&#8221; He said that Russian military experts and diplomats would be ready to discuss new weapons systems with their US counterparts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"CAATVcompAdvertiseTv\">\n<div class=\"CAATVcontentAdvertiseTv\">\n<div id=\"ads.spot.1\" data-google-query-id=\"CJXigLjw2tkCFRLZwAodWSQG-A\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6870\/yns.spot.1\/yns.spot.1.ENews\/yns.spot.1.News..World_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We aren&#8217;t threatening anyone, we aren&#8217;t going to attack anyone, we aren&#8217;t going to take anything from anyone,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The growing Russian military might will guarantee global peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"art_footer_date\">First published: 03.02.18,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons\">Source<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow announces array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can&#8217;t be intercepted, including nuclear-powered cruise missile, underwater drone, hypersonic missile; Putin: NATO&#8217;s missile defense &#8216;useless,&#8217; says Russia responding to US withdrawal from Cold war-era treaty banning missile defenses. 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