Russia tested its new nuclear-powered cruise missile in the Barents Sea

Norway’s subject quality work announced contiguous that Russia’s test of the caller long-range nuclear-powered rocket Burevestnik (“Storm Petrel”) past week was conducted from the Novaya Zemlya archipelago successful the Barents Sea.

“We tin corroborate that Russia conducted a trial motorboat of the long-range cruise rocket Skyfall (Burevestnik) from Novaya Zemlya,” said Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensoenes, caput of Norway’s Intelligence Service, successful a connection sent via email to Reuters.

According to the briefing by the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, to President Vladimir Putin, the rocket traveled a region of 14,000 kilometers and remained successful the aerial for astir 15 hours.

Putin has stated that the 9M730 Burevestnik rocket is “invisible” to existent and aboriginal rocket defence systems, with astir unlimited scope and an unpredictable formation path.

The caller nuclear-powered rocket tin transportation a atomic warhead.

In statements yesterday, Putin, dressed successful camouflage uniform, told Gerasimov that the captious tests of the Burevestnik had been completed and that enactment would statesman connected the last signifier earlier deployment of the missiles.