President Putin’s State of the Nation address included the following segment, in which he detailed the prioritization of excellence in military education and also a rundown of the weapons systems in development and (mostly) already deployed in Russia. Among these the Avangard, Tsirkon and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles systems, weapons with speeds as high as Mach […]
Back in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled to the public an array of so called ‘super weapons’ which are capable of delivering a nuclear payload, and to be able to do so in a way that Western militaries are unable to counter or intercept. Essentially, it means that Russia has in its hands nuclear capable weapons which render the American ballistic missile shield absolutely worthless. A few days ago, it was reported that the Avangard system was passing field testing and was due to enter service.
On July 19th and 20th, The Russian Defense Ministry announced several milestones of progress in its advanced weapons systems programs. These programs were revealed to the world in March of this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the State of the Russian Federation speech.
