Russia is not going to scare anyone with new types of weapons, but is developing them, like everyone else, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, June 4, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
"Strategic stability is extremely important. We're not going to scare anyone with our new weapons systems. Yes, we are developing them and have achieved some results and successes, but all countries... all the leading military powers do this. We were just one step ahead, " he said.
According to the Russian leader, Russia understands that the United States and other states will sooner or later come to similar results. Therefore, it is better to agree in advance about "how we will live together in a changing world".
On May 21, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian Federation has already created combat robots with artificial intelligence. According to him, mass production of such robots has begun. These are no longer just experimental samples, but robots that "can be shown in science fiction films when they are able to fight on their own."
The day before, sources in the Russian Defense Ministry told Izvestia that new units have been formed in the Marine Corps, whose task is to hunt for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It was noted that the first exercises of the new units were held in May in the Caspian Sea on the basis of the 177th Marine Regiment.