During his speech at the Federal Assembly, putin touched upon the topic of russian weaponry. However, it seems that the kremlin is facing a crisis of genre.
In particular, a statement was made again that the serial Sarmat ICBMs is allegedly already in the military. Although it was reported that it was on combat duty back in September 2023. However, later it turned out that Sarmat missiles is not yet in service and is not being produced, as putin himself announced in October.
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But the statement of the leader of the russians that "we will soon demonstrate them in the areas of combat duty" rather speaks to the contrary.
Ultimately, it is possible to demonstrate the Soviet R-36M2, the modernized version of which is the Sarmat missile. Also, the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile and the Poseidon nuclear torpedo were mentioned again, the testing of which has supposedly been in the final stage for about a year.
As for the new weaponry that putin likes to boast about in public appearances, this time it seems the fantasy has come to an end. Instead, there was only: "work on a range of other promising weapon systems is ongoing, and we will learn about the new achievements of our scientists and weapon makers."
The leader of the russians also confirmed the use of the Zircon missile. Reminder, experts from the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise (KSRIFE) have found evidence that russia used a Zircon missile in the attack on February 7.
It should be noted that most likely, russia launches these missiles from the temporarily occupied Crimea using either the upgraded Bastion coastal defense missile system or the Object-100 Utes (Sotka) anti-ship missile coastal defense division.
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