President Vladimir Putin said Russia has successfully tested the nuclear-powered, nuclear-weapon capable Burevestnik cruise missile and is seeking ways to deploy it at a time when the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine drags on.

The Kremlin published a video on October 26 of a meeting between Putin and Chief of the General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov, which reportedly took place at a command post of the joint group of forces.

Gerasimov said the test occurred five days earlier, when the missile, which Moscow claims cannot be detected by any defense system, traveled 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours.

The missile, dubbed Skyfall by NATO, has been under development for more than a decade. It’s one of several new systems Russian designers have f

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