CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia has successfully carried out a test of a new generation of nuclear-powered cruise missile.
State news agency RIA Novosti quoted Putin as saying the “last successful test of the Burevestnik, a global-range cruise missile with a nuclear installation, a nuclear propulsion system, has been conducted.”Putin was speaking at the Valdai Forum in Sochi.
The program to develop the Burevestnik was announced by Putin in March 2018 as part of a broader initiative to develop a new generation of intercontinental and hypersonic missiles.
Among them were the Kinzhal ballistic missile and the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle.
“It is a low-flying stealth missile carrying a nuclear warhead, with almost unlimited range, unpredictable trajectory and ability to bypass interception boundaries,” Putin said then.
Persons:
Vladimir Putin, Novosti, Putin, ” Putin, Alexei Leonkov
Organizations:
CNN, Federal Assembly, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
Locations:
Russia, Sochi, U.S