The latest threat-Is Russia still a superpower?
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has tested the world's most powerful vacuum bomb, an explosive device trigger a destructive shockwave with the power of a nuclear weapon, the military said Tuesday. The bomb is the latest in a series of new Russian weapons and policy initiatives unveiled as president, Vladimir Putin tries to confirm Moscow's role on the international scene. "Test results of the new airborne weapon have shown that its efficiency and power is nuclear weapon, "Alexander Rukshin, Russian deputy armed forces chief of staff, told Russia's ORT First Channel television." You will now see it in action, the bomb which has no match in the world is being tested in a military area, "the state-controlled channel said. It showed a Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber dropping the bomb over a testing area. A large explosion followed. Pictures followed of what looked like a flattened multi-storey blocks of flats surrounded by scorched earth and boulders.
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