Russia's navy equipped for lethal strike, Putin says

The Russian Navy can detect any enemy and launch a "lethal strike "if needed, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, a month after a UK warship angered Moscow by passing the Crimean Peninsula.

"We are capable of detecting any underwater, above-water, airborne enemy and, if required, carry out a lethal strike against it," Putin said.

Putin, who is also the supreme commander in chief of the Russian Armed Forces, made the remarks as he reviewed the main naval parade on the Neva River in St. Petersburg on Russia's Navy Day.