8 Friday, March 2, 2018 Graphic of weaponry presented by Vladimir Putin Russia unveils ‘invincible’ UAE to open Arab world’s first nuclear power plant nuclear weapons Moscow 15 years, sought to win unilateral than any other vessel would make it Russian complaints. ussia has tested an array of advantages over Russia, introduced immune to enemy intercept. “No one has listened to us,” he new strategic nuclear weapons unlawful sanctions aimed to contain Putin accompanied his statement said. “You listen to us now.” Rthat can’t be intercepted, President our country’s development: all what to an audience of hundreds of He emphasized that Russia is Vladimir Putin announced you wanted to impede with your senior officials and lawmakers with concerned about the Pentagon-led yesterday, marking a technological policies have already happened,” videos and computer images of new nuclear review released earlier this breakthrough that could dramatically he said. “You have failed to contain weapons, which were shown on giant year that envisaged the development increase Russia’s military capability, Russia.” screens at a conference hall near the of low-yield nuclear weapons, saying boost the Kremlin’s global position The announcement comes as Kremlin. that it could lower the threshold for and also raise Western concerns Putin is set to easily win another six- A computer video showed using nuclear weapons. about a potential renewed arms race year presidential term in the March the drone being launched by a “We will interpret any use of in the 21st century. 18 election. submarine, cruising over the seabed, nuclear weapons against Russia and Speaking in a state-of-the-nation He said that the nuclear-powered hitting an aircraft carrier and also its allies no matter how powerful speech, Putin said the weapons include cruise missile tested last fall has a exploding near the shore. they are, of low, medium or any a nuclear-powered cruise missile, a “practically unlimited” range and Putin noted that the tests of the other yield, as a nuclear attack,” he nuclear-powered underwater drone high speed and manoeuvrability compact nuclear reactor to power the said. “It will trigger an immediate and new hypersonic missile that have allowing it to pierce any missile new drone were completed last fall. answer with all the consequences no equivalent elsewhere in the world. defence. He added, to applause, that names stemming from it. No one should He said the creation of the new The Russian leader said the high- for the nuclear-powered cruise have any doubts about it.” He weapons has made NATO’s U.S.-led speed underwater drone also has missile and the drone haven’t yet said that Russian military experts missile defence “useless,” and means an “intercontinental” range and is been chosen, and suggested that the and diplomats would be ready to an effective end to what he described capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Defense Ministry run a nationwide discuss new weapons systems with as Western efforts to stymie Russia’s that could target both aircraft carriers contest for the best names. their U.S. counterparts. development. and coastal facilities. He said its “No one in the world has anything “We aren’t threatening anyone, “I want to tell all those who have “very big” operational depth and a like that,” he said. “It may appear we aren’t going to attack anyone, fuelled the arms race over the last speed that is at least 10 times higher someday, but by that time we will we aren’t going to take anything develop something new.” from anyone,” he said. “The growing The Russian leader said that Russian military power will guarantee Russian doomsday torpedo is real another new weapon called Avangard global peace.” (AP) The U.S. has confirmed that Russia is developing a giant is an intercontinental hypersonic nuclear torpedo capable of wiping out a coastal city missile that would fly to targets at a KANYON (Known in Russia as Ocean Multipurpose System Status-6) speed 20 times the speed of sound Russian stealth fighter spotted in Syria Russia appears to have sent its most advanced fighter jet to Syria. and strike “like a meteorite, like a The fifth-generation Su-57, which is still a prototype and not ready for fireball.” combat, is in the same class as U.S. stealth aircraft such as the F-22 Putin said that the weapon SUKHOI SU-57 Design: Shaped airframe Sensors: Include active is capable of performing sharp (PAK FA / T-50) contours and use of stealth electronically scanned 24m maneuvers on its way to targets, Twin coatings intended to make array radar and electro- making it “absolutely invulnerable tailfins aircraft less visible to radar optical targeting system for any missile defense system.” Pump- Gearing Steam Powerplant: Guidance, Fuse Collision Putin said that Russia also tested a jet turbine Nuclear reactor Navigation avoidance new heavy intercontinental ballistic & control sonar missile, called Sarmat, adding that Specifications (est.) Warhead: 100-megaton thermonuclear its range allows it to fly over both the Thrust-vectoring Speed: 100 knots (185km/h) weapon is twice as powerful as North and the South poles to reach nozzles 30mm cannon Range: Up to 10,000km Tsar Bomba – most powerful any target. He said it carries more Max. operating depth: 1,000m nuclear device ever detonated Engines: Two NPO Saturn Type 117 Weapon load: Six carried in ventral nuclear warheads than its Soviet-era afterburning turbofans, to be replaced and wing root bays, plus six fitted KHABAROVSK SUBMARINE predecessor, known in the West as by more powerful Type 30 externally for non-stealth missions Main launching platform Khabarovsk thought to be custom Satan. FIFTH-GENERATION STEALTH FIGHTERS of Kanyon likely to be built to field up to six Kanyon He said that another new weapons Sukhoi Lockheed Lockheed Chengdu new nuclear-powered torpedoes fired forward system, called Kinzhal, already has Khabarovsk submarine Su-57 Martin F-22 Martin F-35B J-20 been deployed in Russia’s Southern Russia U.S. U.S. China Military District. He added that it’s Two side- by-side a hypersonic missile carried by an pressure aircraft that flies at a speed 10 times of 120m hulls in bow the speed of sound and has a range of Weapon: Reported to be “salted” with highly 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) away. radioactive cobalt-60, rendering contaminated areas off-limits to humanity The Russian leader emphasized for up to 100 years that the development of new weapons that have no equivalent in the West came in response to the Length: 22m 18.9m 15.6m 20.4m U.S. withdrawal from a Cold war- Empty weight: 18,000kg 19,700kg 14,650kg 19,400kg Tsunami up to era treaty banning missile defenses 500m high would carry Internal fuel: 10,300kg 8,200kg 6,125kg 11,340kg contamination far inshore, and U.S. efforts to develop a missile Maximum speed: Mach 2 Mach 2 Mach 1.6 Mach 1.7 defense system. devastating vast areas Service entry: 2019 2005 2015 2018 He said that the U.S. has ignored Sources: Global Security Drawings based on rendering by naval analyst H.I. 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