Talk:Russia's doomsday weapons

Announcements

 * Putin announced that Russia has hypersonic weapons-TASS, March 1, 2018; [video.
 * It is said that the system is called 'Kinzhal' ('Dagger'). It was deployed in December, 2017. This missile flies at speeds of/over 10 times the speed of sound, and it can maneuver in the air. It can carry conventional or nuclear weapons. Its range is 'over 2000 km'. A plane is shown in the report (and it is stated that 'unique flight characteristics of a high-speed carrier aircraft allows the missile to be delivered to the point of discharge within minutes'). All this appears to be about a missile launched from a plane (possibly not a newly developed plane) and flying thereafter at hypersonic speeds; but further details are not available.
 * Putin also told about development and a successful test of a cruise missile with a nuclear power plant propulsion
 * Underwater unmanned device with unlimited range also mentioned at 13:36:14
 * 'Sarmat' ballistic missile with anti-missile avoiding capability was described and presented on a 'Sarmat' demo video; hypersound warheads mentioned in particular (ballistic version was known earlier; 'Kinzhal' is apparently a different thing, not a ballistic missile maneuvering on re-entry).
 * Demo video presenting new systems: 'Sarmat', nuclear-powered cruise missile, underwater nuclear-powered torpedo.
 * quote:  "a strategic missile complex "Avangard", which "like a fireball" is capable of hitting targets from space"  (13:39).