Russian Navy Can Carry Out ‘Unpreventable Strike,’ Putin Warns The West KEY POINTS Most countries recognize the Crimean peninsula as Ukrainian territory Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 Russia has developed hypersonic missiles, which are hard to intercept The Russian navy has the resources to launch an “unpreventable strike” if necessary should it detect “enemy” activity, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. The Russian president issued the warning during the annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday, adding that the Russian navy can detect enemy movements whether on land, sea, or in the air, Reuters reported. Russia has some "superweapons" in its armory, including hypersonic missiles that can fly five to six times the speed of sound, are practically invisible to radar and currently impossible to intercept. Even if a ship were to detect the missile from 100 miles away, it would have only about a minute to take action. Even then, the interceptor missiles won't be flying fast enough.