Russia announces the success of a recent test of a cruise missile with nuclear propulsion

Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday that his country conducted a recent successful test of a nuclear-propelled cruise missile, praising the weapon "unique" Its range reaches 14 thousand km.

He said "Putin" During a meeting with military leaders, in a video published by the Kremlin, he said "Final experiments have been completed" for the Burevestnik missile, issuing orders to"Prepare Infrastructure to put this weapon into service with the Russian Armed Forces".

Russian President Vladimir supervised Putin, remotely, on maneuvers by his country’s strategic nuclear forces that included missile tests at sea and in the air, according to what the Kremlin announced.

During the exercises, which Putin said were planned a long time ago, and which he attended via video, the Russian army carried out a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. "Yaris" From the Plesetsk space base, located near the Arctic Circle, to a training field in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East.

Nuclear exercises

The Kremlin explained in a statement that a ballistic missile of the type… "Sineva" Its range reaches 11,500 km. It was also launched from a submarine in the Barents Sea, and was launched by Russian bombers. "Tu-95MS" Winged missiles, and the Russian presidency confirmed that "All training objectives were achieved"
The announcement of these Russian exercises comes a week after the launch of the annual exercises of NATO’s nuclear forces (NATO), in which about 2,000 personnel and 71 aircraft from 14 countries participate.