In combination with high-precision long-range systems, the Oreshnik is comparable to strategic weapons.

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Considering the power of the latest Russian medium-range missile systems, they will be put into service in the Strategic Missile Forces. In addition, there are no means of countering such a missile in the world today, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, representatives of the military-industrial complex and developers of missile systems.

«In fact, the system &Hazel» is not a strategic weapon, in any case, it is not an intercontinental ballistic missile, not  it is a means of mass destruction, including because it is also a high-precision weapon," Putin noted.