Putin: New Russian missiles will give the West 'food for thought'
by Joel Gehrke
| December 18, 2018 01:32 PM
A new missile system should give Western powers pause before they threaten Russia, Vladimir Putin told his defense advisers in Moscow on Tuesday.
“Serious, breakthrough steps have been made in the development of the unique state-of-the-art weapons,†Putin said, according to an official transcript. “These weapons are consolidating the balance of forces and, thus, international stability. I hope our new systems will provide food for thought to those who are used to militaristic and aggressive rhetoric.â€
Putin made it clear he was thinking about the West, as he touted the success of recent military exercises with China. Likewise, he said that “hypersonic weapons†helped maintain parity with the United States even though the Pentagon has a “militarist budget†far larger than the Russian defense ministry funding.
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