Putin says Russia has successfully tested the Burevestnik nuclear missile
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According to Vladimir Putin, Russia has successfully tested the Burevestnik nuclear missile: “Now no enemy would dare attack us.”
Putin says Russia has successfully tested the Burevestnik nuclear missile
According to Vladimir Putin, Russia has successfully tested the Burevestnik nuclear missile: “Now no enemy would dare attack us.”
Russia has reportedly carried out the "successful" final test of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, thereby completing its research work on advanced strategic weapons. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club, a Russian think tank and discussion forum, according to state news agency Tass. "Right at this moment," Putin reportedly explained, "we have completed work on strategic weapons. We have successfully conducted the final test of the nuclear-powered global-range cruise missile Burevestnik."
UCRAINA | La Russia ha quasi completato il suo lavoro sulle armi strategiche avanzate e ha condotto con successo l'ultimo test del missile da crociera a propulsione nucleare Burevestnik, ha detto Putin #ANSA ansa.it/sito/notizie/m…
Putin, Tass adds, had stated in his state of the nation address in March 2018 that Russia would develop new types of weaponry, including the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, "capable of guaranteeing a global strategic balance for decades to come": a way of saying that the Burevestnik missile, which according to ballistics experts would be capable of reaching every corner of the planet, could serve as a deterrent against any scenario involving an enemy nuclear attack. Putin reportedly added that "no sane person would ever consider using nuclear weapons against Russia: the enemy is aware of our capabilities."
#BREAKING: Russia has conducted the latest successful test of nuclear-powered Burevestnik intercontinental cruise missile, says Russian President Vladimir Putin.
But President Putin, according to Tass, was even more explicit: "I want to assure everyone that from today, retaliation will be absolutely unacceptable for any potential aggressor. From the moment a missile launch is detected, no matter where it comes from — from any point in the world's oceans or from any territory — a counter-strike will follow, with so many missiles, so many hundreds of our missiles appearing in the air, that no enemy will have any chance of survival."
Whether an exaggeration or not, the news is also filtering through to international media outlets: the Tass dispatch appeared within minutes on the BBC's dedicated war feed covering the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and on the Washington Post, picked up from the Associated Press.