Friends talking about Russian weapons

This is a discussion.  It contains best of class connecting dots.

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The USA does not understand what is implied by Putin’s remark that, if long-range missiles are sent to Ukraine, the response would be serious, and possibly overwhelming.

They do not understand how rapidly new weapons are being developed in Russia, with the capability to produce them in serious quantities.  What Russia seems to have failed to understand is just how much of a threat to Trump is Senator Lindsay Graham’s claim that he has a majority (about 85 Senators) willing to impeach Trump if he makes what they regard as too many concessions to Putin. Trump could be removed as President over this, and he thought (and still thinks) that Russia can be pressured into making important concessions over Ukraine, which is a fundamentally mistaken idea.

Illustrations of new weapons below.

First, some indications that the US and EU think that they can bring BRICS and other countries to heel by sanctions:

https://theduran.com/us-eu-launch-sanctions-war-against-brics/

24 Oct 2025. Christoforou & Mercouris. 22 mins.

Here is Japan moving in the opposite direction, understanding that cheap energy is vital in order for their economy to survive in the rapidly changing global economic conditions:

S, 24 Oct 2025:

🇷🇺🇯🇵 Japan is determined to conclude a peace treaty with Russia and will not refuse Russian gas, — the country’s authorities

– “The relations between Japan and Russia are in a difficult situation, but the policy of the Japanese government is to resolve the issue of the southern part of the Kuril Islands,” noted the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

– Japan’s Minister of Industry, Resey Akazawa, stated that LNG from the “Sakhalin-2” project remains critically important for the country’s energy security. Refusing it would be too costly and lead to an increase in electricity prices. [end.]

The contrast with the endemic stupidity in the EU and UK is stark. Japan has still not concluded a peace treaty with the Soviet Union/Russian Federation since 1945. This is a major change.

Here is one example of the brand-new weapons being deployed by Russia:

S, 25 Oct 2025:

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has purchased the most advanced air-launched cruise missiles, “Izdeliye 506,” about which little is known, according to Ukrainian sources citing leaked procurement documents.

The published documents reveal an order for 32 units (two batches of 16 units each) with conventional and special warheads, which were to be incorporated into the arsenal of the Russian Air Force between 2024 and 2026.

The primary carriers of the new cruise missiles will be the modernised Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bombers, which will receive the necessary structural modifications to their internal armament bay mechanisms. [end.]

To give an indication, Tomahawk cruise missiles are subsonic, while the existing Russian KH-32 cruise missiles fly at Mach 4.6, which is close to hypersonic (Mach 5 and above).  The TU-22M bombers can carry 3 KH-32s each. The relatively small long-range missiles now being proposed by France are capable of about Mach 3 but are really ship defence missiles, and do not carry large warheads. They might well be small enough and fast enough to get through Russian air defences in limited numbers but would inflict only limited damage.

Here is the best publicly available indication of recent Russian operational/strategic missile weapons procurement:

S, 24 Oct 2025:

Ukrainian sources have published leaked procurement documentation from the Russian Ministry of Defense regarding missile weapon supplies for the period 2024-2027, containing quantities and costs of the samples.

According to the documents, the following have been ordered:

▪️303 cruise missiles 9M728 “Iskander-K” costing 135-142 million rubles each.

▪️1202 ballistic missiles 9M723 in various versions: 185 9M723-1k5 with cluster warheads, 59 9M723-1f1 with high-explosive warheads, 771 9M723-1f2 with a second type of high-explosive warhead, and 217 9M723-1f3 with a third type of high-explosive warhead. The cost per unit ranges from 189 to 238 million rubles depending on the variant and year of manufacture.

▪️18 missiles with an unusual index 9M723-2. This variant may be related to the “Iskander-M” modification with extended flight range of 500-1000 kilometers (known unofficially as “Iskander-1000”). Their production is planned for 2025, with a cost estimated at 221 million rubles each.

▪️95 missiles 9M729 with an estimated range of over 2000 kilometers, the testing of which led to the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty in 2019. The unit cost is 146 million rubles.

The documents also confirm that the 9M729 missile can be used exclusively by a specific type of “Iskander-M1” launcher.

▪️240 “Kalibr” missiles were ordered for the period 2022-2024, with delivery of an additional 450 missiles planned for 2025-2026. The cost is estimated at 168 million rubles each.

Additionally, for the period 2024-2026, 56 “Kalibr” missiles with special warheads, known under the index 3M-14S, were ordered. The cost of this variant is 175-190 million rubles.

▪️1225 X-101 missiles, including the “Product 504ap” variant with a decoy flare ejection system and electronic warfare system, for the period 2025-2026. The cost in 2024 was 164 million rubles, and in 2025 ranges from 171 to 194 million rubles. [GL: These are subsonic cruise missiles.]

▪️188 hypersonic “Kinzhal” missiles for the period 2024-2025. The cost is 366 million rubles each.

▪️An unspecified number of “Zircon” missiles with annual deliveries of 80 units during 2024-2026. The cost is 420-450 million rubles each.

▪️32 cruise missiles “Product-506” for the period 2024-2026. The cost is 337 million rubles each.

Earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate, citing data in their possession on the armament program, stated plans to arm the Russian Armed Forces with about 2500 missiles of various types by the end of 2025.  – Military Informant

Other channels note the documents have not been published, so it’s always difficult to confirm the validity of the data.

Note: 100M rubles is about $1.22M USD [end.]

[GL: There is no mention of Oreshnik hypersonic missiles, but these are known to be in production. Their targeting is extremely precise. They can hit almost anywhere in western Europe.  Their Coulomb explosion is and the most powerful non-nuclear explosion in existence.]

In addition, Russia has now added jet engines to some of its FAB bombs, which range from 250kg of explosive to 9 metric tonnes. The most commonly used ones on the battlefield are 250kg and 500 kg, but heavier ones are now in use. The range is about 200km, and there has certainly been one that travelled 170km to hit its target. Andrei Martyanov thinks that the jet engines could be used up to the top of the range (9 metric tonnes of explosive) but that may require larger jet engines and may not be cost effective.

What is crystal clear is that weapons development is ongoing at a considerable rate, while NATO technology remains completely static, with limited capacity to expand production. Since the Russian economy is in robust health, this conflict can only have one outcome in Ukraine, and if NATO escalates it will find that its capabilities are insufficient. This implies that at some stage these idiots will reach for their nukes. Russia is ready for that.