Florida is on the list of Russian "nuclear" targets.

The message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly, which he delivered in Moscow, was dominated by anti-American rhetoric when he showed a demonstration video depicting a new “invulnerable” nuclear weapon with unlimited range. The video showed a simulated conditional missile attack on Florida, writes Miami Heraldtrying to explain why the Kremlin put this state on its list of potential targets.

In the video that Putin showed 1 in March, speaking with his annual message to the country's Federal Assembly, it was not specified why Florida could be the object of Russia's attack on the United States. President Donald Trump didn’t respond to Putin’s comments.

However, many media have wondered: why is Florida?

Some have suggested that Putin thus responded to Trump’s call to strengthen the US nuclear arsenal. A favorite place where Trump leaves the White House is his residence in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, in which there are three bomb shelters.

In Florida, in the city of Tampa, there is also the McDill military base, which houses the headquarters of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces and the Joint Special Operations Command of the United States.

In the video, no specific target in Florida is indicated, but the video shows rockets above the state map.

According to national security analyst Samantha Vinohrad, the goal of Putin’s bravado was to disrupt Trump, whose presidency was overshadowed by the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election of the year.

“I think that Vladimir Putin appealed to one person. We are not talking about someone in Russia. He turned to Donald Trump, ”she said.

Putin talked about Russian advanced nuclear weapons - including the latest Russian cruise missile with a nuclear power plant, an unmanned underwater vehicle that can be equipped with nuclear weapons, and a new hypersonic missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads to the target. He demonstrated their capabilities on the big screens with the help of animated videos with frames of virtual flights of nuclear missiles and accompanied the display with hard comments.

“And those who over the past 15 have been trying to inflate the arms race, are trying to gain unilateral advantages with regard to Russia, introduce restrictions and sanctions that are illegal from an international legal point of view in order to restrain the development of our country, including in the military field, I will say: everything that you tried to prevent, prevent, pursuing such a policy, has already happened. It was not possible to restrain Russia! ”, - said Putin.

Text translation prepared edition Inosmi.

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