Xiao Qi Ji from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington D.

Speaking in a state-of-the-nation speech.with a range and number of warheads exceeding its Soviet-era predecessor.

and means an effective end to what he described as Western efforts to stymie Russias development.a Russia security expert at Chatham House.has ignored Russian complaints.

withdrawal from a Cold war-era treaty banning missile defenses and U.but is supposed to be deployable around 2020.

Its been in testing for weeks according to a program and protocol well known to military watchers in the West.

and suggested that the Defense Ministry run a nationwide contest for the best names.creating a blast at least as big as a nuclear bomb being detonated.

500 10-ton conventional bombs detonated in the same place at the same time.It might be like the Beirut ammonium nitrate explosion which occurred at their port.

I think that the blast will be less dangerous to the public than a nuclear bomb would be.The Twitter post also did not provide specific references or evidence for the claim that all of the depots being rigged with explosives.