Russia to Acquire Unique Nuclear Weapon, Putin Says

Russia plans to develop new nuclear weapons systems unavailable to other countries, President Vladimir Putin said today (see GSN, Oct. 28).

“We have not only conducted tests of the latest nuclear rocket systems,” Putin said in televised remarks to a meeting of Russian generals.   “I am sure that in the coming years we will acquire them.”

“Moreover, these will be things which do not exist and are unlikely to exist in other nuclear powers,” Putin added (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, Nov. 17).

Russia is believed to be developing a new missile capable of carrying 10 nuclear warheads, according to the Associated Press (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Nov. 17).

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