tonight vladimir putin is boasting about a significant new advance in russia s nuclear arsenal, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us, we have been watching this with interest. are u.s. military concerned about this 1234. reporter: well, concerned enough to start pouring money into a pentagon program to try and counter the russians. u.s. defense officials say, this is the real deal. russia test firing its new high speed hypersonic missile. a missile that the u.s. military currently cannot defend against. russian president vladimir putin pulling no punches on his intent. . translator: the new avant-garde missile system is invincible against today s and future air and missile defense systems of the potential enemy.
the potential summit and what would the benefit be of that meeting? all indications are they are talking a potential summit which trump offered in the march april time frame and it is high time for trump and a putin to meet, such a long list of serious issues starting with arms control, the nuclear situation, syria, ukraine, iran, status of nato, high time for the two of them to meet. the whole issue that continues to hunt his campaign, possible russia collusion and russia being involved in the election. russia is messing around with all the western democracies and their are other issues, russia test launched icbms, nasty military capabilities, lots to
test. well, a bit of a reality check all around. u.s. officials are telling us, the russia test was so preliminary, such an early stage of this missile, they weren t required to notify. but u.s. buzz satellites and radar tracked that missile all the way. russia claims this is a test of their new state-of-the-art intercontinental ballistic missile nicknamed satan 2. according to the russian state news agency, it is the second successful test. it comes after this recent russia test firing of what it says is an airborne high speed icbm. just weeks ago, russian president vladimir putin offered a flashy display of weaponry including the satan 2. translator: this new system has virtually no limitations on distance. as you can see video, it is capable of attacking targets, via both the north and south
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