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The 9M730 Burevestnik (Russian: Буревестник; "Storm petrel", NATO reporting name: SSC-X-9 Skyfall) is a Russian low-flying, nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile under development for the Russian Armed Forces. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the missile's range is effectively unlimited.
Oct 5, 2023 · What is it and why does it matter? - The Burevestnik, whose name translates as "storm petrel", is a ground-launched, low-flying cruise missile that is not only capable of carrying a nuclear...
Oct 5, 2023 · 5 October 2023. By Robert Plummer,BBC News. Reuters. President Putin first spoke of the Burevestnik missile five years ago. Russia has held a "final successful test" of a nuclear-powered cruise...
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Feb 5, 2021 · Russia’s Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise-missile project featured for the first time in the latest US National Air and Space Intelligence Center unclassified report on missile developments. Douglas Barrie and Henry Boyd consider the prospects for the weapon ever entering service.
Aug 14, 2019 · It's believed Russia's 9M730 Burevestnik rocket – dubbed Skyfall by Nato – caused the country's explosion. Russia's facing another potential nuclear crisis. Following last week's explosion at the...
Oct 5, 2023 · Russian officials never identified the weapon involved, but the U.S. said it was the Burevestnik. Russia has reportedly used the Arctic Novaya Zemlya archipelago where the Soviet Union last tested a nuclear weapon to build facilities for testing the Burevestnik.
Oct 6, 2023 · On Russia's defense ministry website, Burevestnik is described as a nuclear-powered cruise missile with an “unlimited range.” Its nuclear propulsion could allow it to cover a longer distance and...
