Vladimir Putin continues his campaign. The Russian president has officially recognized the creators of the new Oreshnik hypersonic missilerecently used against Ukraine and used as .
A weapon, he has assured, that “is not a strategic weapon”, nor properly “an intercontinental ballistic missile”, nor “a weapon of mass destruction, because it is high precision“, Putin held in a meeting with the military leadership. In it he communicated the authorization for his serial production and subsequent distribution among the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The head of the Kremlin has especially highlighted the fact that this is not any work to update old systems, but rather a totally new weaponan issue in which he has recognized the importance of the Soviet Union, since “we were all educated with what previous generations did and, to a certain extent, we benefited from their results.”
In his speech before the military leadership, Putin has made it clear that “no one in the world” has a system like Oréshnikcapable of bypassing any anti-missile shield. “Yeah, sooner or later they will have it also other powers (…). But that will be tomorrowor in one or two years, and we have it now and that’s the important thing.”
In this sense, he declared that Russia will continue testing the new missile “even in combat conditions.” “All depending on the situation and the nature of the security threats that are created for Russia,” he added, in line with the latest events and.
Yes, sooner or later other powers will also have it (…). But that will be tomorrow, or in one or two years, and we have it now and that is the important thing.”
This was contributed shortly afterwards by the intervention of the commander in chief of the Strategic Missile Forces, Serguei Karakayevby ensuring that Oréshnik “es capable of achieving objectives throughout Europe“, which differentiates it from other long-range and high-precision weapons.
On Thursday, in a message to the nation, Vladimir Putin confirmed on thursday the attack against an arms factory in the Dnipro region with a hypersonic ballistic missile Oréshnik. In his speech of just seven minutes, he also defended Russia’s “right” to use its weapons against military installations of Western countries.
The head of the Kremlin justified the Oreshnik “test” launchclaiming that the United States plans to deploy short and medium range missiles in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. He also recalled that the United States unilaterally abandoned the treaty for the elimination of short and medium-range missiles in 2019, which he described as a mistake.
