from ZeroHedge:

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it clear Tuesday that the US will stop adhering to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in 60 days unless Russia “returns to full and verifiable compliance.”

That move sparked a deepening in the Cold War 2.0, as a new video was published Wednesday in Russian state media reminding the West, Russia possess advanced weaponry, like its latest laser combat system.

Peresvet laser systems, based on new physical principles, entered combat service in testing regime with the Russian armed forces,” the paper said. “The armed forces started receiving them in 2017 as part of the state procurement program.”

During President Vladimir Putin’s State of the Nation Address on March 01, he shocked the country’s political elite by claiming Russia had developed new nuclear weapons that cannot be shot down by US anti-ballistic missile defenses. Putin also said laser weapon systems, an underwater nuclear-powered drone, and nuclear-powered cruise missiles were in development.

In July, around the same time Putin warned that any country looking to try and include Ukraine or Georgia in the NATO sphere of influence “should think of the possible consequences of this irresponsible policy” because Russia would “respond in kind to any aggressive steps that directly threaten Russia,” the Russian Defense Ministry for the first time published a video showing six new super weapons, including the new laser weapon.

As part of the State Armaments Programme, Russian Space Force received a state-of-the-art weapon based on new physic principals – combat laser system. At present, the #Peresvet laser complex has been deployed at the sites, troops train to operate new weapons pic.twitter.com/stvCpV8MCV

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) 19 July 2018

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