On February 23, local time, Russia's **Putin delivered a speech congratulating the Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland**. Putin said in ** that there are many worrisome challenges and risks in the world today, and that the strong potential and high combat readiness of the Russian army are a guarantee of Russia's security and its free and sovereign development.
Putin noted that Russia will continue to strengthen its armed forces in every possible way, ensuring that they are constantly updated and modernized with technology. At present, the proportion of modern equipment in Russia's strategic nuclear forces has reached 95%, and the proportion in the naval nuclear forces has reached almost 100%.
According to Putin, the mass production of the Zircon hypersonic missile has begun, and tests of other strike systems have been completed. In December last year, a new type of strategic submarine entered the Navy. Four Tu-160M strategic bombers were delivered to troops in Kazan a few days ago. The regular units of the Russian army are also working to completely replace them with modern equipment.
Putin stressed that over the past few years, the Russian military-industrial complex has doubled the production and delivery to the troops of various types of equipment such as precision and unmanned aerial vehicles, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, as well as air defense systems, communications and reconnaissance equipment, and the next step is to develop and mass-produce advanced ** and introduce artificial intelligence technologies in the military sphere. One of the highest priorities is to improve the level of combat training, skills and coordination of the units of the Russian army, as well as to train commanders at all levels.
*: CCTV news client.
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