Russia gradually develops nuclear forces — Putin
President Vladimir Putin announced the ongoing development and deployment of Russia's nuclear forces, specifically mentioning the Sarmat, Oreshnik, Poseidon, and Burevestnik systems. The article details the capabilities of these weapons and attributes their development to the United States' withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“Russia is engaged in the gradual development of its nuclear forces”
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The claim is directly supported by TASS and Google News reports citing President Putin's statements regarding the gradual implementation of the nuclear forces development program.
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— respected nuclear programs. Russia is allegedly making efforts to build its influential hold in Africa for earning several billions of pounds by selling nuclear technology to developing African countr…
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— Russia is engaged in the gradual development of its nuclear forces, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. "We are gradually implementing the adopted… program for the development of nuclear forces,…
https://tass.com/politics/2129969
https://tass.com/politics/2129969
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— Putin says Russia will deploy new Sarmat nuclear missile this year. 10 hours ago. Save for later. BREAKING: Russia just successfully test-launched the Sarmat — its newest heavy ICBM Putin says it’s th…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
“since 2025, the Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile system is on combat duty and it can be armed with nuclear warheads”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and Missile Threat, identify the Oreshnik as an operational intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with hypersonic capabilities. While the specific 'since 2025' date for combat duty is implied by the context of the 2025 timeline and current operational status, the missile's existence and capabilities are well-documented.
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— Oreshnik (Russian: Орешник, lit. 'Hazel shrub'), is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) characterized by its reported speed exceeding Mach 10 (12,300 km/h; 7,610 mph; 3.40 km/s), acc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile)
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— This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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— Zapad 2025 (Russian: Запад-2025, Belarusian: Захад-2025, romanized: Zakhad-2025, lit. 'West 2025') was a Russian-Belarusian joint strategic military exercise, that took place in Belarus on 12–16 Septe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapad_2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapad_2025
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“Work on two systems equipped with small-sized nuclear power units is in the final stage. They are the unique Poseidon nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle and the unique Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missile”
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Multiple sources confirm that both the Poseidon (nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle) and Burevestnik (unlimited-range cruise missile) are being developed by Russia, with some sources noting they are moving toward rollout/production.
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— The 9M730 Burevestnik (Russian: Буревестник; "Storm petrel" индекс ГРАУ — 9М730, NATO reporting name: SSC-X-9 Skyfall) is a Russian low-flying, nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile under deve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
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— The Poseidon (Russian: Посейдон, "Poseidon", GRAU index 2M39, NATO reporting name Kanyon), previously known by Russian codename Status-6 (Russian: Статус-6), is an autonomous, nuclear-powered unmanned…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon_(unmanned_underwater_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon_(unmanned_underwater_…
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— In March 2018, as part of his Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, the Russian president Vladimir Putin announced six novel nuclear or dual-use weapons systems, popularly dubbed "super weapon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_super_weapons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_super_weapons
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“In October 2025... President Putin said that Russia had successfully tested the Poseidon nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle”
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Three independent web search results (TASS, and others) explicitly report that President Putin announced the successful testing of the Poseidon nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle on October 28, 2025.
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— The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft developed and produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It was developed for the United States Navy as a derivati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon
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— The Poseidon (Russian: Посейдон, "Poseidon", GRAU index 2M39, NATO reporting name Kanyon), previously known by Russian codename Status-6 (Russian: Статус-6), is an autonomous, nuclear-powered unmanned…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon_(unmanned_underwater_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon_(unmanned_underwater_…
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— K-329 Belgorod (Russian: БС-329 «Белгород») is a modified design of the Oscar II class (NATO designation) Russian nuclear submarine. It was laid down in July 1992 as a Project 949A cruise missile subm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Belgorod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Belgorod
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“The power of the Poseidon weapon far exceeds the power of the advanced Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile”
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Multiple reports of Putin's statements explicitly claim that the power of the Poseidon 'significantly exceeds' that of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.
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— On October 29, 2025, Russian News Agency TASS published a video in which Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia had "successfully tested" the Poseidon nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle…
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/russia-c…
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/russia-c…
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— Putin described the test as a "tremendous success," emphasizing that Poseidon's design is exceptionally compact: its reactor is said to be around one‑hundred times smaller than that of a submarine, ye…
https://thediplomaticinsight.com/putin-announces-successful-…
https://thediplomaticinsight.com/putin-announces-successful-…
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— According to Putin, the device—an autonomous, nuclear-powered underwater vehicle—demonstrated speeds and depth capabilities "unmatched in the world," and its power "significantly exceeds" that of the …
https://united24media.com/latest-news/putin-hails-huge-succe…
https://united24media.com/latest-news/putin-hails-huge-succe…
“President Putin said in his address to the Federal Assembly in March 2018 that Russia had developed a small-sized nuclear power unit that could be used in a cruise missile that would get actually an unlimited range”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm that in March 2018, Vladimir Putin announced six 'super weapons,' including a nuclear-powered cruise missile with unlimited range.
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— March 2026 holidays, events (including the first day of spring and Daylight Saving Time), history, recipes, gardening tips, Moon dates, folklore, birthdays, and more!
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“Following the voting results on the website of the Russian Defense Ministry the missile was dubbed the Burevestnik”
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The Space Review and TASS both report that the missile was named 'Burevestnik' following a public vote on the Russian Defense Ministry's website.
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— According to James Hockenhull, the UK's Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), the Burevestnik is a "sub-sonic nuclear-powered cruise missile system which has global reach and would allow attack from un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
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— Oct 26, 2025 · Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile and is preparing to deploy it, President Vladimir V. Putin said Sunday, a pointed message to t…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/world/europe/russia-burev…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/world/europe/russia-burev…
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— The test programme spanning over a decade has suffered multiple failures. The Burevestnik was announced by Russia in 2018, two years after the first publicly recognised test. The latest test took plac…
https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/missile-dialogue-initia…
https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/missile-dialogue-initia…
“This was the first case in Russia’s history when the weapon’s name was selected by public vote”
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This specific detail—that it was the first time in Russian history a weapon's name was selected by public vote—is explicitly stated in the TASS report, but not corroborated by other independent sources.
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— The 9M730 Burevestnik is a Russian low-flying, nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile under development for the Russian Armed Forces. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the missile's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
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— Burevestnik, a popular name in Russian culture, was also the name given by popular vote to a nuclear-powered cruise missile (9M730) not long after it was unveiled by President Vladimir Putin during hi…
https://thespacereview.com/article/3931/1
https://thespacereview.com/article/3931/1
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— This was the first case in Russia’s history when the weapon’s name was selected by public vote. Russia started developing the Burevestnik missile after the United States quit the 1972 Anti-Ballistic M…
https://tass.com/politics/2129969
https://tass.com/politics/2129969
“Russia started developing the Burevestnik missile after the United States quit the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in December 2001”
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The TASS report explicitly links the development of the Burevestnik to the US withdrawal from the 1972 ABM Treaty in 2001, but this specific causal link is not found in other provided evidence.
“On October 26, 2025, Russian Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported to President Putin that the testing of the Burevestnik, an unlimited-range cruise missile, had been successfully completed”
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Although the 'evidence gathered' section for claim 9 says 'No evidence found', the evidence provided for claim 6 contains a web search result stating: 'Oct 26, 2025 · Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile... President Vladimir V. Putin said Sunday'. This corroborates the timing and event described in the claim.
“During the testing, the missile remained airborne for approximately 15 hours, covering a distance of 14,000 kilometers”
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