{"id":71511,"date":"2020-03-03T03:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T03:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/03\/putin-boasts-about-new-russian-weapons-calls-them-defensive\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:12:29","slug":"putin-boasts-about-new-russian-weapons-calls-them-defensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2020\/03\/03\/putin-boasts-about-new-russian-weapons-calls-them-defensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin boasts about new Russian weapons, calls them defensive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 President Vladimir Putin says that Russia has developed unique offense weapons without the intention of starting a war with anyone but to maintain \u201cstrategic balance\u201d and \u201cstrategic stability\u201d in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are not going to fight against anyone. We are going to create conditions so that nobody wants to fight against us,\u201d Putin said in an interview with the state-run Tass news agency, a part of which was released Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three-hour long interview marks Putin\u2019s 20 years in power and is being divided into 20 parts being released over a period of weeks and each dedicated to a separate issue. In episodes that have already been released, Russia\u2019s leader talked about the recent government reshuffle, Ukraine, mass protests in Moscow this summer and the use of modern technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/12\/24\/putin-says-russia-is-leading-world-in-hypersonic-weapons\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19358456680521.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy hypersonic weapons.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has created \u201coffensive strike systems the world has never seen,\u201d and which are forcing the U.S. to try to catch up, Putin told Tass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an example, the president mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/27\/russia-shows-hypersonic-weapon-to-us-inspectors\/\" target=_blank>new \u201chypersonic offensive systems\u201d<\/a> \u2014 a weapon that can fly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/12\/28\/russia-new-weapon-can-travel-27-times-the-speed-of-sound\/\" target=_blank>27 times the speed of sound <\/a>that became operational late last year. 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Putin first mentioned developing some of the new hypersonic weapons in his state of the nation address in March 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, he described a buildup of NATO\u2019s forces near Russia\u2019s western borders and the U.S. withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty as being among the top security threats to Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Vladimir Putin says that Russia has developed unique offense weapons without the intention of starting a war with anyone but to maintain \u201cstrategic balance\u201d and \u201cstrategic stability\u201d in the 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