In a speech to the Defender of the Fatherland Day event today, President Putin said that he would strengthen Russia’s military forces with new military equipment, new strike systems, drones, new communications systems, and new artillery systems. Further, there would also be improvement in the training of soldiers.
Regarding the nuclear triad, he said that the Russian military is prepared to deploy a new intercontinental ballistic missile system with hypersonic missiles and new nuclear submarines. He also said that, for the first time, Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (called “Satan-2” by the Americans), which are able to carry multiple nuclear warheads, would be deployed this year. He announced: “We will continue mass production of air-based hypersonic Kinzhal systems and will start mass supplies of sea-based Zircon hypersonic missiles.”
“[A] modern and efficient army and navy are a guarantee of the country’s security and sovereignty, and a guarantee of its stable development and its future,” Putin said in the remarks issued by the Kremlin. “That is why, as before, we will give priority attention to strengthening our defense capability.” He added: “Our industry is quickly increasing the production of the entire range of conventional weapons and preparing for mass production of advanced models of equipment for the army and navy, as well as the aerospace forces.”
