Russia Putin's Navy Combat Capacity Enhancement Policy Jul 27 9:11
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Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the policy to increase the combat capabilities of the Russian Navy, and seems to have in mind the deployment of sea-launched hypersonic missiles, which the Department of Defense announced that it successfully launched a test launch.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech in St. Petersburg on the 26th, the day of the Russian Navy, stating, ``By introducing cutting-edge digital technology and hypersonic weapons that are unmatched in the world, improvements in combat capabilities have been achieved. Will be carried out.” and emphasized the policy to increase the combat capability of the Navy.
On this day, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had successfully launched a test of a sea-launch missile "Zilcon" among hypersonic weapons that fly at a speed five times faster than the speed of sound.
Hypersonic weapons are said to be able to break through the US missile defense system, and Putin's statement seems to have been in mind to deploy this missile in submarines.
On the other hand, according to the Russian presidential bureau, Putin will hold a telephone conversation with President Trump on the 23rd of this month while the expiration date of the "New START" nuclear disarmament treaty with the United States is approaching next year, and thoroughly discuss the issue of arms control. It means that
It seems that the real intention of Russia is to avoid the full-scale start of arms race, which has a heavy financial burden, and it seems that there is also a desire to restrain the United States by showing off the strengthening of arms and proceed with talks on nuclear disarmament. I will.