00:00This unique weaponry will significantly enhance the combat capabilities of our armed forces.
00:19In 2018, the world mocked him.
00:23Western officials rolled their eyes at him.
00:26Analysts dismissed his claims as theater, bravado, glowing cartoons meant to intimidate, not convince.
00:36Putin unveiled animated missiles that could outrun defenses, fly around the globe, and strike from impossible angles.
00:45Many laughed.
00:49Seven years later, no one is laughing.
00:56Welcome to 2025.
01:00The year Vladimir Putin's so-called superweapons stopped being punchlines and started reshaping global strategy.
01:09And what about nuclear tests?
01:11We see that some countries, they are preparing for the nuclear tests. If they do that, then we will respond in kind.
01:22And as 2026 arrives, these very missiles threaten to finish the West in no time.
01:28Oreshnik, the hypersonic thunderbolt.
01:40On a cold night in late 2024, an explosion struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
01:46There was no long warning, no interception, because the missile arrived before defenders could react.
01:55According to Russian statements, the missile was Oreshnik, a new hypersonic system designed not just to fly fast, but to break the logic of missile defense itself.
02:05Speeds claimed above Mach 10, capable of maneuvering during descent, able to split into multiple warheads.
02:18Unlike older systems, Oreshnik is not meant to be predictable.
02:23It bends its path. It changes course. It forces defenders to guess.
02:29From Russia's western enclave of Kaliningrad, analysts calculate it could reach Berlin or London in under 10 minutes.
02:38Ukraine publicly admitted it could not intercept it.
02:42And quietly, behind closed doors, NATO officials acknowledged the same.
02:46This was not just a strike, it was a message.
02:51A warning that escalation timelines have collapsed from hours to minutes.
02:59Sarmat, the missile that avoids the watchers.
03:03Its nickname is infamous, Satan II.
03:08And for once, the name may understate the impact.
03:11The RS-28 Sarmat is Russia's heaviest intercontinental ballistic missile.
03:18A massive system designed not merely to hit targets, but to overwhelm defenses through scale and surprise.
03:30I congratulate you on the successful launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.
03:35This is a major, a momentous event in the development of advanced weapon systems for the Russian army.
03:42Indeed, this unique weaponry will significantly enhance the combat capabilities of our armed forces.
03:49And hopefully, it will ensure Russia's security from external threats,
03:53making those who, with their muddle-headed and aggressive rhetoric,
03:57attempt to threaten our nation, seriously reconsider their actions.
04:01Most ICBMs travel over the North Pole, where early warning radars stare day and night.
04:10Sarmat doesn't have to.
04:12Russian officials claim it can approach from the South Pole, exploiting gaps in detection coverage.
04:18When paired with hypersonic glide vehicles like Avangard, warheads are designed to maneuver at extreme speeds during re-entry,
04:28complicating interception.
04:30For the first time since the Cold War's peak, strategists confront a chilling possibility.
04:36Not defeat, but uncertainty.
04:39The idea that you might not see everything coming.
04:42Poseidon, the oceanic unknown.
04:55In the dark depths of the Arctic, Russia has developed something entirely different.
05:01Not a missile, not a bomber, but an autonomous, nuclear-powered underwater vehicle.
05:06Its name, Poseidon.
05:09Roughly the size of a bus, Poseidon is designed, according to Russian claims, to travel across oceans independently,
05:18powered by a nuclear reactor, carrying a massive warhead.
05:23Its alleged purpose isn't precision, it's uncertainty.
05:26The nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile and the Poseidon underwater autonomous vehicle.
05:39I'd like to thank all of the design bureaus and collectives.
05:44These are tens of thousands of people who participated in the development and creation of these powerful and unique weapons.
05:54The results that you have achieved are absolutely historical and important for the strategic parity of our country.
06:08In fact, they provide a strategic parity for the whole 21st century.
06:15Once released from its carrier submarine, including the massive Belgorod, Poseidon becomes nearly impossible to track with existing systems.
06:26No radar sees it, no missile shield stops it.
06:30Western experts say many of these weapon claims are still debated, but the impact is already real.
06:36Burevnik, the flying ghost.
06:47Its name means storm petrol, a bird sailors once believed warned of disaster.
06:53Burevnik is Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missile concept, a weapon designed, at least in theory, for unlimited range.
07:01Instead of flying straight to a target, it could loiter, circle, hide in terrain, approach from directions no one expects.
07:11After a deadly testing accident in 2019, many assumed the program was abandoned.
07:17But in 2025, Russia announced renewed progress.
07:22You probably heard that quite recently Russia tested its state-of-the-art missile, unlimited range missile, with a nuclear propelling unit.
07:39And we can be proud of the achievements of our scientists, workers and engineers.
07:52Its advantage is that there is a small nuclear power plant.
08:00Even skeptics agree.
08:01Whether fully operational or not, the idea alone forces planners to rethink defense.
08:08Because deterrence isn't only about what works, it's about what might.
08:20The Doctrine Shift
08:22In late 2024, Russia quietly updated its nuclear doctrine.
08:29The change was subtle, but profound.
08:32We do not strengthen the nuclear doctrine.
08:35We do strengthen it.
08:37And so, in general, we need to strengthen the nuclear doctrine.
08:43We need to strengthen the nuclear doctrine.
08:44We need to strengthen the nuclear force.
08:45Because, if you understand, the amount of these modern systems of weapons
08:47will be set to the ground of the lack of the need for the nuclear weapons.
09:05Nuclear weapons would no longer be reserved only for nuclear attacks.
09:09They could now be used in response to what Moscow defines as massive aerospace aggression.
09:16The share of state-of-the-art military equipment in nuclear forces is now 95%.
09:24And the basic principles governing the use of such weapons have been updated,
09:31as outlined in the updated state nuclear deterrence policy.
09:36And once again, so that no one accuses us of nuclear saber rattling,
09:44it is a deterrence policy.
09:47In plain language, if long-range strikes hit too deep, too often, too effectively,
09:55escalation is no longer off the table.
10:00Fear returns to strategy.
10:02This is not the Soviet Union of the 1980s.
10:05This is a Russia fielding, or at least signaling,
10:10weapons designed specifically to bypass the defenses built over the last 30 years.
10:20Oreshnik threatens forward NATO bases in minutes.
10:23Sarmat challenges existing missile defense assumptions.
10:28Poseidon adds the oceans to deterrence math.
10:31Burevnik blurs the boundaries of global reach.
10:35Whether each system works perfectly is almost beside the point.
10:40Their existence changes calculations.
10:43From Warsaw to Washington, planners are asking the same question.
10:47What if the rules of deterrence have changed?
10:50In 2025, Putin's superweapons are not just in silos, oceans, or test ranges.
11:07They live in the world's imagination.
11:11A shadow over every strategic calculation.
11:15The chessboard has changed.
11:17The pieces are deadlier.
11:19And the world waits for Putin's deadly moves in 2026.
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