Media: Russia tested the missile unlimited range SSC-X-9 Skyfall
The Russian Ministry of Defense conducted the next, thirteenth test of a cruise missile of unlimited range with a small-sized super-powerful nuclear power plant, Burevestnik, reports The Diplomat with reference to sources in the US government.
According to data published by the publication, the last tests of a Russian cruise missile with a super-power nuclear power plant were held on 29 this January at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region and were considered "partially successful." The term "partially successful" was applied to the tests due to the continuation of work on the rocket, and not in connection with some kind of failure in the tests. The publication does not have any details of the tests, however, the continuation of tests may indicate that the rocket will be accepted into service no earlier than 2020 of the year.
The publication reports that the rocket, which received the NATO designation SSC-X-9 Skyfall ("Falling from the Sky", the Russian interpretation - "Filled Heaven"), had previously been tested in February 2018 of the year and even earlier in November 2017.
Kyle Mizokami, an observer of the American magazine Popular Mechanics, wrote about the testing of the Russian rocket. In his article, he warned that if this missile was put into service, Russia would gain an undeniable advantage over the United States, since Burevestnik would be able to bypass the US missile defense system and strike at strategic targets.
Mizoki is confident that a nuclear-powered missile, unlike conventional intercontinental ballistic missiles, can use any path beyond conventional missiles when moving toward a target, and this in turn will force the US to spend huge amounts of money on creating expensive missile defense systems.
On the creation of a "low-flying unobtrusive cruise missile carrying a nuclear warhead, with an almost unlimited range, unpredictable flight trajectory and the ability to bypass interception lines that are invulnerable to all existing and future anti-missile defense systems and air defense," said Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2018 of the year.
According to data published by the publication, the last tests of a Russian cruise missile with a super-power nuclear power plant were held on 29 this January at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region and were considered "partially successful." The term "partially successful" was applied to the tests due to the continuation of work on the rocket, and not in connection with some kind of failure in the tests. The publication does not have any details of the tests, however, the continuation of tests may indicate that the rocket will be accepted into service no earlier than 2020 of the year.
The publication reports that the rocket, which received the NATO designation SSC-X-9 Skyfall ("Falling from the Sky", the Russian interpretation - "Filled Heaven"), had previously been tested in February 2018 of the year and even earlier in November 2017.
Kyle Mizokami, an observer of the American magazine Popular Mechanics, wrote about the testing of the Russian rocket. In his article, he warned that if this missile was put into service, Russia would gain an undeniable advantage over the United States, since Burevestnik would be able to bypass the US missile defense system and strike at strategic targets.
Mizoki is confident that a nuclear-powered missile, unlike conventional intercontinental ballistic missiles, can use any path beyond conventional missiles when moving toward a target, and this in turn will force the US to spend huge amounts of money on creating expensive missile defense systems.
On the creation of a "low-flying unobtrusive cruise missile carrying a nuclear warhead, with an almost unlimited range, unpredictable flight trajectory and the ability to bypass interception lines that are invulnerable to all existing and future anti-missile defense systems and air defense," said Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2018 of the year.
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