To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Share Embed Share URL Video File Node URL Embed Code <iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/542419" allowfullscreen></iframe> A video clip released by Russia's Defense Ministry in December 2018 purportedly showed the newly-developed combat laser weapon, first announced by President Vladimir Putin in March last year, known as Peresvet.