"For decades, we constantly had to be in the role of catch-up ... This concerned atomic, nuclear weapons, then long-range strategic aviation, and then intercontinental missile technology ... This always put the country in a very difficult, even dangerous position," he said Putin talking with Herbert Efremov, an engineer - designer of rocket and rocket and space technology, on the air "Russia 24".
According to the head of state, "now, for the first time in our modern history, Russia possesses the most modern types of weapons, which are many times superior in strength, power, speed, accuracy to all that existed and exist today."
“No one in the world has such a weapon, at least not yet,” Putin stressed.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the weapons created in Russia would ensure the invulnerability of the territory.
As Putin noted, Russian gunsmiths produce unique products that in some cases have no analogues in the world.