Putin: Modern weapons make up 91% of Russian nuclear triad

Putin: Modern weapons make up 91% of Russian nuclear triad

Russia will continue to improve combat readiness of its nuclear triad, which is 'main guarantor' of country's sovereignty, says President Putin

MOSCOW (AA) - Modern weapons make up 91% of the Russian nuclear triad, and work on putting into service more of the latest weapons continues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, in remarks certain to be seen in Western capitals as a veiled warning.

Speaking at a meeting with the Russian Defense Ministry Board in Moscow, Putin said the potential of all NATO countries is being used against Russia – in a likely reference to the 10-month-old Ukraine war – and so in the face of that threat the country should maintain its armed forces at top combat readiness.

The rearmament of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces with hypersonic Avangard systems continues, and the super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile Sarmat will be put into service in the near future, he said.

"We will continue to maintain combat readiness and improve the combat readiness of the nuclear triad. This is the main guarantor of preserving our sovereignty and territorial integrity, strategic parity, and overall balance of power in the world," Putin stressed.

Putin said the need to improve Russian unmanned aerial vehicles is an "urgent task," including strategic and reconnaissance-strike ones, as well as methods of their application, and to use them in all branches of the army.

"The experience of a special military operation has shown that the use of drones has become almost ubiquitous and such an arsenal of means should be in combat squads, platoons, companies, and battalions. The target should be detected as quickly as possible, and the information for striking should be transmitted in real time," he stressed.

For his part, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu accused the US of pumping Ukraine with weapons, training its soldiers, and waging sanction and information war against Russia.

He claimed that Washington uses prohibited methods against Russia such as terrorist attacks, contract killings, and the shelling of civilian areas with heavy weapons.

NATO specialists work in the war zone, US and NATO military satellites are working in Ukraine's interests, and Western media publishes thousands of fake news items daily, he said.

Russia is always open for constructive peace talks, but as there is no willingness from the other side, it will continue to achieve its set tasks, Shoygu said.

Shoygu added that Moscow takes the nuclear threat seriously, and that its strategic nuclear forces have trained a response strike to an "enemy" nuclear attack.

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