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- Oct 21, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Russia Tests the Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Cruise Missile
- Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said the Burevestnik flew about 14,000 km in 15 hours on 21 October 2025, with manoeuvres that met specifications[2]
- On 4 November Putin decorated the designers of Burevestnik and the Poseidon underwater drone at the Kremlin, saying a NATO reconnaissance vessel had watched the test[1]
- Putin claimed Burevestnik 'has surpassed all other known missiles in the world in terms of range' and that Russia has begun developing nuclear-powered cruise missiles faster than three times the speed of sound[1]
- The Nuclear Threat Initiative counted at least 13 earlier tests with only two partial successes, and a 2019 explosion linked to the programme killed five people at Nyonoksa[2]
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- [1]90%en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78394en.kremlin.ru· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Oct 21, 2025 ✓· 50% of score
Putin at the Kremlin, 4 November 2025: 'during the testing of Burevestnik on October 21, a NATO reconnaissance vessel was continuously present in the trial zone'; Wikipedia[2] gives the same date from Gerasimov.
- [2]75%9M730 Burevestniken.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 50% of score
Reports Gerasimov's claim of a 14,000 km, 15-hour flight on 21 October 2025 at about 75% of the speed of sound, the missile's claimed 10,000-20,000 km range, its poor earlier test record per the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and the 2019 Nyonoksa accident.[1]
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