Russian super weapons
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In March 2018, as part of his Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, the Russian president Vladimir Putin announced five novel nuclear or dual-use weapons systems, popularly dubbed "super weapons" (Russian: супероружие, romanized: superoruzhie).[1][2]
Putin stated that together the weapons provided Russia with a strategic capability that was impossible for America to intercept, restoring Russia's nuclear deterrence capability in the face of American technological developments following America's withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.[3]
The "super weapons" named were:
- the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle
- the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile
- the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile
- the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle
- the RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped super-heavy ICBM