Russia Tests the Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Cruise Missile
Moscow Kremlin, Faleyevskiy per., Yakimanka District, Moscow, Central Federal District, 115035, RussiaRussian Armed Forces
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterPutin at the Kremlin[1], 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.
Russia said it flew its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile for about 15 hours and 14,000 km; Putin later said a NATO reconnaissance ship watched the 21 October test and honoured its designers at the Kremlin.
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