Putin's announcement in Russian but you can scroll to watch videos of weapons.
New intercontinental ballistic missile Sarmat,
new compact nuclear propulsion cruise missile with 10x range of Tomahawk or Russian H101 (successfully tested end of last year),
new underwater nuclear powered (compact nuclear powerplant 100x smaller than submarine), nuclear capable drones faster than submarines, torpedoes and most surface ships, that can move "very very deep" with intercontinental range,
Kinzhal, new hypersonic (10 mach) nuclear capable cruise missiles 2000km range launched from planes,
Putin said "There is one more thing".
20mach capable intercontinental missiles with cruise final stage, so fast it causes plasma, surface temp 1600-2000°C
"We cannot show true form but we have them and they work well."
laser weapons.
According to Putin the new weapons have been tested successfully and are entering service.
My take:
Why has Putin chosen to tell this now.
The people sitting in the hall are mostly members of United Russia party and Putin political establishment and they have tied their careers with Putin so he doesn't need to impress them with new weapons for them to like him. They already like him.
The average Russian public is like people everywhere. They care whether they'll be able to have a decent job, put kids through school and afford to live once they're retired.
The new weapons have circled in internet enthusiast channels and a lot of them have been public knowledge. The USA political establishment and intelligence already know what Russians are working on now.
So that leaves us with the World public - perhaps a warning don't support politicians who mess with Russia with Syria and Korea crisis in full swing. If someone attacks us, we will fight back with all the consequences.
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