Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an awarding ceremony marking National Unity Day at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 4, 2025. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

Nov 4 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised some of Russia’s newest weapons, describing them as faster and more effective, capable of ensuring security and strategic parity and even of use in rare metals extraction and lunar missions.

Putin extolled the qualities of the Burevestnik cruise missile and Poseidon super torpedo at a ceremony honoring the experts who helped design and build the weapons.

“The result you have achieved has, with no exaggeration, historic significance for our people for ensuring security and strategic parity for decades to come and, we can boldly say, for the entire 21st century,” Putin said in comments reported by Russian news agencies.

Last week, Putin said Russia had successfully tested the nuclear-capable Burevestnik (storm petrel) missile, saying it could evade any defense system. The chief of staff of Russia’s armed forces said it had travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles).

On Tuesday, he praised the missile’s speed – more than three times the speed of sound – and its propulsion system of small nuclear reactors which can be brought into action much more quickly than standard reactors – within seconds.

He said a NATO warship had been in the vicinity when the missile was being tested.

The Kremlin leader also announced last week the successful test of the Poseidon nuclear-powered super torpedo that military analysts say is capable of devastating coastal regions by triggering vast radioactive ocean swells.

At Tuesday’s ceremony, Putin said the torpedo’s speed far exceeded that of any surface vessel.

Putin said the small-scale nuclear technologies used in both the Burevestnik and the Poseidon were particularly useful for work in the Arctic and for space travel and, eventually, for building a station on the moon.

They were equally useful in creating energy sources for extracting rare metals, he said.

Putin also said Russia was proceeding with mass production of its Oreshnik missile, which Russia said was first used to attack Ukraine in November 2024.

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