Russia has developed a new array of nuclear weapons that are invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to win in 17 days' time.
The weapons he boasted of included a cruise missile that he said could "reach anywhere in the world".
He said of the West: "They need to take account of a new reality and understand ... [this]... is not a bluff."
Giving his annual state of the nation speech, Mr Putin used video presentations to showcase the development of two new nuclear delivery systems that he said could evade detection. One video graphic appeared to show missiles raining down on the US state of Florida.
This coming from the government that has already attacked and seriously undermined the US Executive Branch by deeply interfering with its elections and stands posed to do the same this year.
These are clear indications of a hostile intent on the part of the violent dictator for life in Russia.
During the two-hour televised speech to a joint sitting of both houses of parliament, he said the weapons were a response to US development of its missile defence system.
The US State Department said it was "certainly unfortunate to have watched the video animation that depicted a nuclear attack on the United States" - adding that it was not "the behaviour of a responsible international player".
This is counter to evidence, the US ABM systems have a fraction of the capabilities of the system the Russians are now introducing.
The US system is based on a missile from 1987 and has a range of only 200 km and is deployed in limited numbers to intercept missiles fired in small numbers like if Iran or North Korea ever launched a nuclear terror attack. It is clearly a limited AB< system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense
The new Russian S-500 system is completely new and will have interception missile that reach deep into space, it has the range of 600 km and can intercept multiple missiles making it a genuine ABM system.
This is a multi front and clearly hostile campaign on the part of a government led by a man and cliche that comes from the KGB, an organization who's main intent was the destruction of the US.
And meanwhile the US republican party does nothing to deal with their president who has made it clear by words and actions that he will not stands up to the nuclear bully in the Kremlin.
And what else might we expect from the asshole who brought us trump as president.
Say you’re sitting in Boston, New York, Seattle, San Francisco or any other port city… and suddenly you go up with everyone else there is a massive fireball.
Why that would be courtesy of a nuclear warhead tipped underwater drone courtesy of Vlad Putin.
MOSCOW — Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can’t be intercepted, President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday, marking a technological breakthrough that could dramatically increase Russia’s military capability, boost the Kremlin’s global position and also raise Western concerns about a potential renewed arms race in the 21st century.
Speaking in a state-of-the-nation speech, Putin said the weapons include a nuclear-powered cruise missile, a nuclear-powered underwater drone and new hypersonic missile that have no equivalent elsewhere in the world.
He said the creation of the new weapons has made NATO’s U.S.-led missile defense “useless," and means an effective end to what he described as Western efforts to stymie Russia’s development.
To say this is destabilizing is a massive understatement, and seen in context of Putin helping put trump in office can only be seen as the actions of someone who wants to cause a world ending war.
The chances of the US under trump attacking Russia unprovoked are about as close to zero as you can get, all trump talks about in regards to Russia is what a wonderful guy Putin is.
Going the other way, the Russian government under Putin has already carried out a devastating attack on the US by putting such an incompetent and clearly compromised leader like obviously under his control in office.
It is Russian aggression and evil intent we must all be very concerned about...
Maybe trump can pull some strings with his buddy Putin.
Oops, forgot Putin’s the guy holding trump’s strings.
So while the Russian dictator is doing the whole Khrushchev “We will bury you!” thing, what is the leader of the country this is aimed at doing to provoke this utter hostility of Putin threatening to kill us all with weapons that can’t be stopped and in some cases wouldn’t even be detected like his high speed underwater nuclear tipped drones.
Why the US leader is acting like Putin is his best friend.
He had nothing but praise for Putin while running for president.
Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump consistently broke from political orthodoxy in his effusive praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
His glowing statements on Putin have become central in stoking the suspicion that he and his campaign were somehow connected to Russian interference in the election.
Whenever he personally meets with Putin he takes Putin's side.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g-20-germany-putin-trump-cyber/russia-confirms-putin-trump-talk-on-joint-cyber-unit-idUSKBN19V0XU
Russia confirmed on Monday that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had discussed forming a joint Russian-U.S. group on cyber security, an idea that has provoked uproar in Washington, but said it was only a tentative proposal.
https://www.vox.com/2017/11/11/16636906/trump-russia-putin-intelligence
President Donald Trump just sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the US intelligence community. That’s because in one of their conversations during an international summit in Vietnam, Putin denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election — and Trump bought it.
He's obviously more concerned about pleasing the Russian government as he fired his own FBI director the day before he was to meet with high Russian officials telling them then the world he did so to take pressure off himself... and also the Russians who have already been charged by Mueller with attacking the 2016 US election.
trump would have also fired Mueller last year if he could have got away with it.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-told-russian-diplomats-that-1495223961-htmlstory.html
During his meeting with Russian officials last week, President Donald Trump said recently fired FBI Director James Comey was a "nut job" whose ouster relieved "great pressure" on him, according to a report Friday in The New York Times.
The US Executive Branch is obviously deeply compromised in regards to Russia, as the Russian leader makes deadly threat after deadly threat towards the west promising to kill hundreds of millions of us if he gets the chance the whole, "this is not a bluff" thing. And meanwhile the US leader does nothing, he pretends the Russian threat doesn't even exist.
We live in truly dangerous times and Putin is one of the most dangerous snakes out there.