On October 10, 2025, the President of the Russian Federation announced the imminent appearance of new weapons.
THE TASS DOSSIER. On October 10, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at a press conference following his visit to Tajikistan that Russia might soon announce the appearance of new weapons. "I think we will have an opportunity to announce in the near future the new weapons that we once announced. It appears, passes our tests. They are going well," the head of state said.
TASS has prepared a story about how Russian President Vladimir Putin announced new types of weapons.
2004-2005: hypersonic systems
On February 18, 2004, at the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk Region), during a press conference following the strategic command and staff training "Security-2004", Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) would be armed with "the latest technical complexes capable of hitting targets at intercontinental depth from hypersonic speed, high accuracy, and the ability to maneuver deeply in altitude and course." "No country in the world has such weapons systems," the head of state stressed.
On September 27, 2005, the President of the Russian Federation, responding during a direct line to a question from a resident of Izhevsk about equipping the army, said: "We are developing and will put into service new strategic high-precision complexes, such as no one else in the world has. These are systems that will operate at hypersonic speeds. <...> Practically invulnerable systems, including for missile defense."
Message to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018: "Avangard", "Dagger", "Peresvet", "Poseidon"
On March 1, 2018, in the final part of his message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced four new types of weapons ready for mass production.:
- Avangard - hypersonic warheads for guaranteed breakthrough of any missile defense system. According to the president, the unit "goes to the target like a fireball", while "reliably controlled". Later that day, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Sergei Karakaev, clarified that the tests of the Avangard complex had been successfully completed. Later that day, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Sergei Karakaev, clarified that the tests of the Avangard complex had been successfully completed. On July 19, 2018, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters that industrial enterprises had begun mass production of the Avangard.
- Dagger is an aviation complex with a hypersonic aeroballistic missile. According to the head of state, the tests of the complex were successfully completed, and on December 1, 2017, it began experimental combat duty at the airfields of the Southern Military District. At the same time, Vladimir Putin announced the brief characteristics of the Dagger: launching from a MiG-31K carrier aircraft or other aircraft, the speed is ten times the speed of sound; the range is more than 2 thousand kilometers. The missile performs maneuvering in all sections of its trajectory, which allows it to overcome all air and missile defense systems; it is equipped with conventional and nuclear warheads. The combat use of "Daggers" began during a special military operation in Ukraine.
- Mobile laser systems. As Vladimir Putin stated on March 1, 2018, by that time they had already been supplied to the troops, and "the presence of such combat complexes greatly expands Russia's capabilities in the field of ensuring its security." On March 22, 2018, following an open vote on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the laser complex was named Peresvet (in honor of the Russian monk-warrior, hero of the Battle of Kulikovo).
- A fundamentally new type of underwater weapon based on the use of unmanned underwater vehicles with a nuclear power plant. According to Vladimir Putin, Russia has developed "unmanned underwater vehicles capable of moving... at very great depth and at an intercontinental range at a speed many times faster than that of submarines, the most advanced torpedoes, and all types, even the fastest, surface ships." These devices, according to the head of state, can be equipped with both conventional and nuclear warheads, have "low noise, high maneuverability" and have "ultra-high energy capacity." As the president noted, they are "practically invulnerable to the enemy." The underwater vehicle has a unique small-sized nuclear power plant. On March 22, 2018, following a vote on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the device was named Poseidon (the sea god in ancient Greek mythology).
2024: "The Hazel Tree"
On November 21, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had for the first time used the latest Russian medium-range ballistic missile "Oreshnik" in hypersonic non-nuclear design, hitting the facility of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk (Yuzhmash plant). According to Vladimir Putin, the Oreshnik missile system was tested in combat conditions in response to an attack by American and British-made long-range missiles on the territory of the Russian Federation. On November 28, 2024, at the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) In Astana, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of mass production of the Oreshnik, and also stated that today Russia already has several ready-to-use products of this kind. On December 6, 2024, following a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State and negotiations with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin announced that Oreshnik would be stationed in Belarus. On August 1, 2025, Russian President Putin, answering questions from journalists, announced that the first serial Oreshnik complex had been produced, and the missile had been delivered to Russian troops.
2025: promising systems
On October 2, 2025, at a meeting of the Valdai Forum, Vladimir Putin announced that new hypersonic systems could be in service with the Russian Federation. "We haven't forgotten anything that we planned. There will be results," the president said.
