On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that in the second half of next year, Russia might place its new Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile on Belarusian soil.
At a conference in Minsk, when the two leaders inked a mutual defense treaty, Putin was answering a request from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
“… since we have today signed an agreement on security guarantees using all available forces and means, I consider the deployment of such systems as the Oreshnik on the territory of the Republic of Belarus to be feasible,” Putin said.
“I think this will become possible in the second half of next year, as serial production of these systems in Russia increases and as these missile systems enter service with the Russian strategic forces,” he added in televised comments.
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