New types of strategic weapons of Russia alarmed Washington. This recognition was made by the Director of the Pentagon's Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Agency (PRO), General Samuel Greaves, during the Senate hearings. "As for the statements of Mr. Putin (President Vladimir Putin), they are worried, they force us to pay special attention to (combat) capabilities that we need to defend against what he said - supersonic threats," he said on Wednesday , April 11, RIA "News" Greaves. The Russian leader, during his address to the Federal Assembly on March 1, said that the Avangard system was created in Russia, which is capable of making flights in dense layers of the atmosphere to the intercontinental range at a hypersonic speed exceeding the Mach number by more than 20 times. Putin also talked about new examples of laser weapons, an underwater nuclear drone and an intercontinental ballistic missile. The head of state explained the development of such weapons by the need to counter the US missile defense system, the deployment of which at the borders of Russia threatens to violate the strategic balance. Then the Pentagon reacted with restraint to this presentation of Putin, noting that they were not surprised by what they saw and are ready to ensure the security of the States. Later, a video was published on the Russian superweapon.

It presents the characteristics and advantages of the hypersonic missile Dagger, the Sarmat intercontinental rocket, the cruise missile with the Burevestnik nuclear power plant, the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle and the Avangard hypersonic strategic complex,. In March, the website of the Ministry of Defense held a popular vote, which resulted in the selection of names for 3 types of weapons: the already noted "Burevestnik" and "Poseidon", as well as for the combat laser complex that became "Peresvet".