Five Military Projects That Russia Says It Is Working On (But No One Believes Them)

Business Insider: 5 outrageous projects Russia's military says it's working on

Since President Vladimir Putin was ushered into power in 2000, the Russian defense industry has certainly rekindled, but it also has steadily spewed out unsubstantiated and rather ludicrous plans about future weapons.

In 2015, for example, the Kremlin claimed it would build tanks armed with lasers, and in 2016, it was a space-based missile defense system.

There are probably a number of reasons why these half-truths, exaggerations and downright lies continue to be spread.

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WNU Editor: #5 (planting nuclear missiles near the U.S. coast) is (to me) the most outrageous claim.