Russia's new nuclear weapons - real threat or Putin bluster?
"There is nothing like this," the Russian president said of one of the two nuclear weapons he flaunted this week
It's "a unique product, unmatched in the world", Putin said of the Burevestnik, noting the missile was so new "we are yet to identify what it is, what class of weapons [it] belongs to".
Putin's claim came only days after the announcement that Moscow had conducted a test of its "unlimited-range" Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile.
When it was first unveiled in 2018, Russian media said the Poseidon would be able to achieve a speed of 200km/h (120mph) and travel in a "constantly changing route" that would make it impossible to intercept.
"There is nothing like this," the Russian leader said of the Poseidon - a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable underwater drone that
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