‘Today THEY are trying to catch up’: Putin says Russia surpasses all competitors in advanced weapons for the first time
RT – Dec 24, 2019
Artists impression of the hypersonic Zircon missle. Click to enlarge
Russia is spending far less on defense and more efficiently, developing a series of advanced weapons that its rivals are struggling to copy, President Vladimir Putin said, teasing a ground-launched hypersonic missile.
The Soviet Union was always trying to catch up to the US, whether it was the atomic bomb, strategic aviation, or the first intercontinental missiles, Putin said on Tuesday, during a meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board.
Today, we have a unique situation in our new and recent history – they are trying to catch up with us.
The president noted that “not a single country possesses hypersonic weapons, let alone continental-range hypersonic weapons,” but the Russian military is already equipped with Kinzhal air-launched missiles, while Avangard hypersonic gliders are currently being introduced in service.
Zelyony Dol fires a Kalibr cruise missile. Click to enlarge
Kalibr cruise missiles and Peresvet combat lasers also recently boosted the capabilities of the military, while the development of other state-of-the-art weapon systems such as the Sarmat ICBM, Poseidon long-range underwater drone, and the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile is “going according to plan.”
Putin also slipped in a revelation that work is underway on the ground-launched version of the Zircon hypersonic missile, previously only intended to be placed on surface ships.
The Zircon is said to be virtually invisible to radar, due to the plasma cloud that appears around the projectile as it reaches the whopping speed of Mach 9, or around 10,000 kilometers per hour. The missile is capable of hitting targets at a range of over 1,000km.
Russia ranks sixth in the world in terms of gross military spending – behind the US, China, Saudi Arabia, UK, France, and Japan – but it “must and will remain ahead of the others” in terms of advanced technology, the president said. This will be achieved through “brains, intellect, better organization of work [and] minimization of theft and sloppiness.”
Impossible. I’ve heard Brendon O’Connell saying that Russia can’t invent or reinvent a nail 🙂
Putin forgot to mention the help he is getting from friendly ETs.
That image of the launch from the ship looks eerily like the Statue of Liberty.
Russia is the only hope now.
Just imagine, if the JewSA succeeds?
The JewSA is flooding Africans into every country, and regular people being silenced by force in the “democraze”.
Many big cities are already getting Paris’ed.
When Edom/Europe becomes Sub Saharan through mass inward African economic migration and Africa becomes Europe by Europeans escaping into the vacated continent. Then Europeans will return to Europe again and Africans back to Africa. Hence so forth and so forth, you just can’t shake them off like a smelly Wondering Who! : ))….
Why would Putin say such a thing? Even if the US wasted 80% of its military expenditures and weapons development it would still be 10 times ahead of Russia. The pronouncement may give Russian taxpayers more confidence that their taxes are not being wasted in times which are no doubt are very difficult because of US sanctions, but it will also spur the Americans on to spend even more.