Putin unveils Russia’s new high-tech weapon, what is it?

MOSCOW – In his speech at the Valdai Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Russia is completing tests and will soon use the high-tech weapon system he talked about five years ago.

“I think, first of all, he was talking about the system that is the nuclear triad,” Alexei Leonkov, a former Russian military analyst and Arsenal editor of Fatherland magazine, told Sputnik.

“This includes the Sarmat (intercontinental ballistic missile), the Poseidon underwater drone and the Burevestnik unlimited range cruise missile,” he explained.

The expert explained that a nuclear-capable system could be used in the event of open attacks against Russia.

“Russia has recently tested hypersonic and high-precision weapons including the Kinzhal, Zircon, and Iskander-M missile systems, which demonstrated high accuracy and effectiveness during military operations in Ukraine,” Leonkov said.

“Russia is the only country in the world that uses its hypersonic systems during combat operations,” said the military analyst.

He explained, “Russia has no other choice but to strengthen its security because the United States (US) and NATO have suspended all previous agreements with Moscow regarding strategic stability and nuclear weapons. “

Washington risks a conflict in Ukraine to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, the expert continued. “However, this proxy war has become a strategic loss for the US itself,” he said.

“None of the goals that the Americans have set for their Ukrainian proxy forces, to defeat Russia or not to allow them to win, are achieved or achieved. And everyone understands that,” concluded Leonkov.

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