Russian State-Controlled TV Airs ‘Secret’ Plans for Nuclear Weapon

Russian State-Controlled TV Airs ‘Secret’ Plans for Nuclear Weapon
FILE In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, shakes hands with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with defense officials in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said plans for a new submarine-launched nuclear torpedo shown on Kremlin-controlled television were secret and should never have been aired. NTV and Channel One showed a large document — filmed over a military officer's shoulder during a meeting with Putin — with drawings and details of a weapons system called Status-6. Second right is Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov. Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
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In this file photo, Russian nuclear submarine, the Yuri Dolgoruky, drives in the water area of the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on July 2, 2009. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP/Getty Images)
In this file photo, Russian nuclear submarine, the Yuri Dolgoruky, drives in the water area of the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on July 2, 2009. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP/Getty Images