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Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable and guided cruise missile to undermine existing defenses, the president said, putting it close to deploying it in its military. Vladimir Putin The claim was made in comments released on Sunday.
Putin, dressed in camouflage, can be seen meeting with senior Russian military figures, according to a video released by the Kremlin. The footage showed General. Valery GerasimovRussia’s Chief of General Staff told the Russian leader that Burevestnik covered a distance of 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) in a crucial test on Tuesday.
Gerasimov said Burevestnik, or Storm Petrel in Russian, spent 15 hours in the air, adding, “This is not the limit.”
“We need to determine the possible uses and begin preparing the infrastructure to deploy these weapons in our armed forces,” Putin told Gerasimov in the video, instructing him to work on final tests of the missile. Putin also claimed that it is invulnerable to current and future missile defense due to its virtually unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.
On Wednesday Putin directed exercises of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces that included practice missile launches. The exercise took place as part of his planned summit with the US President on Ukraine donald trump Was stopped.
The Kremlin said the maneuvers included all parts of Moscow’s nuclear triad, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, which were tested from launch facilities in northwestern Russia and a submarine in the Barents Sea. The exercise also included Tu-95 strategic bombers firing long-range cruise missiles.
The exercises tested the skills of military command structures, the Kremlin said in a statement on Wednesday.