Putin: Russia will continue to develop nuclear weapons

In a documentary aired on Russian state television, President Vladimir Putin says Russia will continue to develop nuclear weapons but doesn’t intend to use them.

Kremlin.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

“Over the past three years, companies of the military-industrial complex have created and successfully tested a number of prospective weapons systems that are capable of performing combat missions in a layered missile defense system. Such systems have already begun to enter the military this year. And now we are talking about development of new types of weapons,” Putin said.

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