“Testing of new weapons, including hypersonic, is ongoing. All this will allow to qualitatively increase the combat potential of the Northern Fleet and other navies of the Russian Navy, ”RIA Novosti quoted Shoigu as saying.
Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that Russia will continue to equip all types and types of troops with the latest weapons and equipment, including laser and hypersonic systems.
During a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense, Putin said that Russia is ahead of other countries in terms of the development of advanced weapons - no one else has hypersonic weapons.