it s just each of these weapons systems is at a different stage of readiness. one of them is already on combat duty. it s with troops. let s discuss now with cnn national security analyst michael hayden, former director of the cia and the nsa. general, welcome. thank you. he says, i m quoting here, they re invincible. invincible new weapons are battle ready. is he flexing his muscle or putting the west on notice? this is important. i guess my overall counsel, don, will be let s not hyperventilate over this. what we know for sure is he s got a video game with mediocre graphics that he showed to his parliament today. he s got some weapons that i think our department of defense knew he was developing, all right. and some of them may be as he suggested further along than others. but i don t think any of them, even if they were fully operational, changes the strategic equation, the strategic balance between us and the russians.
operational and that some of the animations date back over a decade, something megyn kelly pressed putin on. some analysts are suggesting you ve tested it and it s failed. that s why you only showed animations of it today and have not yet produced any actual videos. translator: are you talking about icbm? yes, the one that you claim renders defense systems useless. translator: as a matter of fact, every single weapons system today easily surpasses and avoids an anti-missile system. you ve tested it? the test was excellence. some of them have to be fine tuned and worked on. others are battle ready. for the record, right now, do you have a workable icbm that is powered by nukes that you ve tested successfully? all of those tests were successful. it s just each of these weapons systems is at a different stage of readiness. one of them is already on combat
already are battle ready. for the record right now do you have a workable icbm that s powered by nukes that you tested successfully? translator: all of the tests were successful, it s each of the weapons systems is at a different stage of readiness, one of them is on combat duty, it s with troops. nbc news says megyn kelly will have more reporting from russia in the coming days. when we come back, whether the united states faces a new nuclear threat from russia or whether vladimir putin is playing video games. hi. i m the one clocking in when you re clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. i can also help with this. does your bed do that? oh. i don t actually talk. though i m smart enough to.
when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty. some are suggesting that you tested it and it failed and that s why you only showed animations today and have not produced any videos. translator: are you talking about icbms. yes. the ones that you claimed makes defense systems useless. translator: as a matter of fact every single weapons system easily avoids an anti-missile defense system. you ve tested it? translator: the test was excellent. some of them still have to be fine-tuned and work on, others are already available to the troops and already are battle ready. for the record, right now do you have a workable icbm that s powered by nukes that you ve tested successfully? translator: all of those tests were successful. it is just that each is at a different stage of readiness. one is in combat duty. it is with the troops.
about icbms? yes, the one you claim rnders defense systems useless. translator: as a matter of fact, every single weapon system discussed today easily surpasses and avoids an anti-missile defense system. you ve tested it? translator: the test was excellent. some of them still have to be fine tuned and worked on. others are already available to the troops and already are battle ready. for the record right now, do you have a workable icbm that s powered by nukes that you ve tested successfully? translator: all of those tests were successful. it s just each of these weapons systems is at a different stage of readiness. one of them is already on combat duty. it s with troops. that news comes as robert mueller is considering new charges against russian nationals who hacked and leaked democrats e-mails during the 2016 election. according to multiple former and current government officials.