Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the country is "constantly and successfully" working on the development of naval arms, including hypersonic weapons.
"On shortest notice, Russia has taken its decent place among the leading maritime powers," Putin stated at the Russia Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg. He added that Russia "has acquired long-range and short-range naval aviation, secure coastal defense systems, latest hypersonic precision-guided munition systems that still do not have analogues in the world, which we constantly and successfully perfect."
The president also noted Russian naval weapons are prepared to counter any potential attack on the country.