'So hundreds of our missiles are in the air...', Putin warns the world about the nuclear threat to Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia has successfully tested a powerful new strategic missile. He ruled out the possibility that Russia could test a nuclear explosive weapon for the first time in more than three decades.

Putin acknowledged for the first time that Moscow had successfully test-fired the Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable cruise missile with a range of thousands of miles. He also told an annual gathering of analysts and journalists that Russia has almost completed work on its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile system. This system is a key element of the new generation of nuclear weapons.

Russian President Putin has repeatedly reminded the world of nuclear power on several occasions after attacking Ukraine on 24 February 2022. After increasing pressure from the world, Putin said that no person in his right mind would use nuclear weapons against Russia. This statement by Putin was seen as a warning.

Putin said that if there were a nuclear attack on Russia, "hundreds of our missiles would be visible in the air, so much so that not a single enemy would have the chance to survive." In fact, Russia has not conducted a nuclear test since 1990, a year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Putin has said he may resume such tests.

He said the US has not supported the treaty banning nuclear tests, while Russia has both signed and supported it. At the same time, military analysts believe that the resumption of nuclear testing by Russia and America would be highly destabilizing at a time when tensions between the two countries are the highest in the last 60 years.