MBABANE:President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will continue to test and start mass-producing the hypersonic ballistic missile that it fired at Ukraine Thursday,the Cable News Network(CNN) reported.
It has been reported that,the Russian experimental strike against Ukraine on Thursday, marked a decisive moment in Moscow’s war and capped off a dramatic week that has transformed the conflict.
The firing of the new missile weapons came after the White House authorized Ukraine to fire its long-range missiles against Russia.
“There are currently no means of countering such a missile, no means of intercepting it, in the world. And I will emphasize once again: We will continue testing the latest system,” Putin said in a televised meeting with the leadership of Russia’s Defense Ministry.
The Russian President said the new missile weapons could not be intercepted by air defenses adding that, Russia will begin it’s serial production.
“Based on the test results, these weapons will also go into production.That is, we are developing a whole line of medium- and shorter-range systems,” he said.
Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik/Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the defense ministry leadership Friday.