It Looks Like Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Test Program Is Back In Business
Satellite imagery indicates that work on the controversial Burevestnik missile has resumed at a test site in the Russian Far North.
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Russia Changes Position On Radiation Leaks Again Weeks After Nuclear Missile Explosion
New details about a still very mysterious explosion related to the development of the nuclear-powered missile Burevestnik raise further questions about how transparent the Kremlin is being about the scale of the accident that killed at least seven people.
Putin Demands Response To U.S. Tomahawk Test Despite Having Treaty-Busting Missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally directed the country’s authorities to devise a “symmetric response” to the U.S. military’s recent test of a land-based Tomahawk cruise missile launch, a weapon system that the now-defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF, had prohibited. Of course, the most logical course of action is for Russia to publicly “unveil” the INF-breaching missiles it is already understood to have developed and fielded, but it may need to wait to do so in order to maintain its claim that it does not already have these weapons.
Russia Will “Briefly” Evacuate Village Near Site Of Nuclear-Powered Missile Accident (Updated)
Five days after a still very mysterious explosion at a missile test site in northwestern Russia, authorities have announced what they say will be a brief evacuation of a small village nearby, despite saying this was unnecessary in the immediate aftermath of the incident. The announcement comes as evidence mounts that the accident involved a nuclear-powered cruise missile known as Burevestnik.
Evidence Grows That Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Doomsday Missile Was What Blew Up Last Week (Updated)
The Kremlin has now acknowledged that the incident killed at least seven scientists and other personnel from major state nuclear research laboratory, who were working on a system that included a small nuclear reactor at the time. This same lab is linked to the development of a nuclear-powered cruise missile called Burevestnik and U.S. intelligence officials are reportedly increasingly of the view that one of these weapons, or a test article related to it, exploded in this mishap.
Russia Admits Mysterious Missile Engine Explosion Involved A Nuclear ‘Isotope Power Source’ (Updated)
Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom says that a team of its employees had been working on an experimental “isotope power source” when it exploded, killing five people and injuring three more in a still very mysterious accident yesterday. The company offered no specifics about the project, but this new information, coupled with other details, suggests that this power source may be associated with a nuclear-powered cruise missile called Burevestnik that the Kremlin first announced publicly last year.
Russia Says Its Own New Weapons Are Exempt After Accusing U.S. Of Violating Nuclear Arms Deal
The Kremlin may be looking to improve its negotiating position as the two countries debate extending the New START treaty.
Russia Is Hunting For Its Crashed Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile And The U.S. Might Be Too
Recovering the wreck could give the Kremlin additional information to inform future tests and would keep the design out of foreign hands.
Russia Releases Videos Offering An Unprecedented Look At Its Six New Super Weapons
After a controversial summit between Trump and Putin, the Kremlin gives us a glimpse of its latest strategic weapons developments.