PUTIN: RUSSIA HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS IMPOSSIBLE TO INTERCEPT
Mar 09, 2018
3 minutes
President Vladimir Putin says Russia has developed a range of new nuclear weapons that he claims can’t be intercepted by an enemy.
Speaking in a nationally televised address, Putin said the new weapons represent a quantum leap in military technology and will render NATO’s US-led missile defense system useless.
Here’s a look at the weapons he announced.
THE SARMAT INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE
Russia has been working for years to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to replace the Soviet-designed Voyevoda, the world’s heaviest ICBM knownis undergoing tests and a video shown during his speech featured its test launch.
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