Photos: Putin attends parade as Russia celebrates Navy Day

Russia celebrated its Navy Day vacation on Sunday with naval parades in varied cities.

President Vladimir Putin attended the primary occasion in Saint Petersburg, the nation’s second-largest metropolis.

After inspecting the fleet, Putin made a brief speech during which he introduced the navy would obtain what he referred to as “formidable” hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles within the coming months. The missiles can journey at 9 occasions the velocity of sound, outrunning air defences.

Earlier, he signed a brand new 55-page naval doctrine, which units out the broad strategic goals of Russia’s navy, together with its ambitions as a “nice maritime energy” which lengthen over your entire world.

The primary menace to Russia, the doctrine says, is “the strategic coverage of the USA to dominate the world’s oceans” and the motion of the NATO army alliance nearer in direction of Russia’s borders.

Russia could use its army pressure appropriately to the state of affairs on the planet’s oceans ought to different gentle powers, corresponding to diplomatic and financial instruments, be exhausted, the doctrine says, acknowledging that Russia doesn’t have sufficient navy bases globally.