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The American press notes that the new Russian Burevestnik missile will be able to bypass the latest US missile defense system, the Golden Dome, which Trump recently proudly announced.
According to The New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement on preparations for the deployment of a new nuclear-powered missile was "a sharp signal to the West after the failure of the planned meeting with Trump."
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The publication quotes Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on nuclear nonproliferation from Middlebury College, who called the Burevestnik a "small flying Chernobyl" and bluntly stated that the appearance of such weapons in Russia is a "bad development" for the United States.
- said the American expert.
According to Military Watch Magazine, the 9M730 Burevestnik cruise missile is capable of "hiding in the sky for years" and then suddenly striking where it is not expected. Theoretically, it can circle the planet thousands of times before hitting the target. The missile's range is unlimited, which makes it virtually invulnerable to all existing and prospective missile defense and air defense systems.
In addition, according to some experts, the Burevestnik tests should be considered not so much in the context of the Ukrainian crisis as in the context of Moscow's proposal to extend START-3, the last remaining arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, which expires early next year. The author of an article published in an American newspaper believes that extending the treaty for at least one year, among other things, will help the Kremlin fully focus its resources on the armed conflict in Ukraine, avoiding an expensive build-up of strategic weapons.
