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Putin boasts of new undetectable nukes in state of the union speech
Journalists watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state of the nation speech today, dividing it between vague pledges to improve living standards, pensions and housing and boasting of a new generation of undetectable strategic nuclear weapons.

He claimed that his country had achieved a technological breakthrough that could dramatically boost its military capability and global standing.

President Putin said that Russia’s new weapons include a nuclear-powered cruise missile, a nuclear-powered underwater drone and new hypersonic missiles that have no equivalent elsewhere in the world.

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Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment