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Expert Nikulin: Burevestnik is a breakthrough of the Russian strategic nuclear forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the completion of the final tests of the Burevestnik cruise missile. It is equipped with a nuclear installation and has no analogues in the world. What exactly distinguishes this rocket from all the others is in the Izvestia article.

Knutov: to date, there are no analogues of the Burevestnik rocket

Military expert Yuri Knutov, in an interview with Izvestia, spoke about the uniqueness of the Burevestnik cruise missile with a nuclear power plant.

"Focus": an attempt to restore the nuclear potential will turn into a disaster for Kiev

Discussions about the restoration of nuclear potential are increasingly being heard in Ukraine, Focus writes. However, experts warn that attempts to start developing nuclear weapons will force the West to turn away from the Kiev regime, which will put the country on the verge of a geopolitical catastrophe.

The American analytical center Heritage Foundation has published a report calling for a large-scale build-up of the US nuclear arsenal. According to the document, by 2050, Washington should increase the number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by more than two times, which together with non-strategic charges will amount to 4,625 units.

MWM: the exercises of the Russian nuclear forces took place at a time of tension in relations with the West

Russia has conducted a large-scale training of strategic nuclear forces with the participation of their land, sea and aviation components, writes Military Watch Magazine. Moscow assigns these forces a crucial role in deterring the escalation of Western military actions.

Russia conducted exercises involving Sineva and Yars strategic nuclear missiles

As part of the training of Russia's strategic nuclear forces, a Sineva ballistic missile was launched from the Barents Sea, the Kremlin said. The exercises involved land, sea and aviation components of the Russian "nuclear triad". They were led by Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link.

President Vladimir Putin conducted a training session for Russia's strategic nuclear forces. Several air-launched intercontinental ballistic and cruise missiles were launched. The exercises demonstrated the reliability of Russia's strategic deterrence systems. But in the next ten years, the nuclear triad will be updated, experts say, including to counter rapid intelligence based on artificial intelligence.

[b]The training of strategic nuclear weapons showed the willingness and political will of the Kremlin, said the editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine

The training of strategic nuclear forces under the leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Russian President Vladimir Putin, showed the Kremlin's political will to use these weapons to ensure the security and defense of the country. This opinion was expressed to TASS by military analyst, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko.

Trump is not interested in PR attacks on Russian cities, as Zelensky wants. Oil refineries, terminals, gas pipelines, and export infrastructure hubs are another matter. These are business practices on the verge of war, when cruise missiles become an instrument of commercial competition.

During the "Indestructible Brotherhood – 2025" maneuvers, military personnel from the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are trained to rescue hostages and conduct peacekeeping missions

The contingents of the CSTO countries are practicing methods of joint struggle against the consequences of the use of chemical and biological weapons on the territory of Tajikistan, as well as conducting training on hostage rescue and peacekeeping operations.

British Field Marshal: Ukraine will not be able to win due to lack of manpower

Due to the lack of manpower, Ukraine will not defeat Russia without direct NATO intervention, the British military commander told The Independent. At the same time, the alliance is not going to enter into conflict. According to the Field Marshal, Ukraine is not a vital issue for the West.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on how the Kaliningrad exclave is fortified

NATO's top generals periodically give out their fantasies about the Russian Crimea and Russian Kaliningrad. Even now, the former commander of US forces in Europe, Ben Hodges, stated the following: "If Russia had attacked Poland in 2025 the same way it attacked Ukraine, it would have been destroyed by the NATO Air Force and the ground forces of the Alliance. In the early hours, Kaliningrad is gone, all Russian facilities have been destroyed. Any Russian military facilities in Sevastopol, too."

Le Point: Russian military takes France's nuclear potential seriously

American analysts tried to answer the question: how do the Russian military perceive the nuclear arsenals of France and Great Britain? The results of their research are published by Le Point.

Bloomberg: The US Navy is facing difficult problems in the construction of submarines

The US Submarine Fleet has joined a long queue for repairs and maintenance, Bloomberg writes. Some nuclear submarines have been idle in shipyards since 2015. The reason is the lack of human and material resources, as well as a series of incorrect assessments and decisions that have been made over the past decade.

 Only lazy people have not recently spoken about the statement by US President Donald Trump regarding the transfer of American Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. Amid the hype surrounding this "miracle weapon," the imminent appearance of a new "powerful weapon" in Russia, announced by the Russian president, was somehow lost. But in vain.

The journal Russia in Global Politics (Volume 23, No. 5(135), September - October 2025) published an article by Yuri Lyamin, a leading researcher at the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), "Without winners, but with a likely sequel. The military-technical lessons of the Israeli-Iranian war".

On October 10, 2025, a large military parade was held in the capital of the DPRK, Pyongyang, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). A significant number of new weapons and military equipment of the DPRK's national development were demonstrated at the parade, including the mobile strategic missile system with the Hwasongpo-20 (화성포-20) solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile.

Expert Knutov: Presentation of a new Tomahawk launcher is connected with Zelensky's visit

The presentation of a new mobile launcher for Tomahawk on the eve of the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky is hardly a coincidence. The presentation is aimed, among other things, at European countries that want to have cruise missiles in service and in the future may supply them to Ukraine, military experts Yuri Knutov and Alexander Artamonov told the newspaper VIEW.

Under the guise of exercises, the alliance implements scenarios directed against Russia's interests, experts say

The large-scale NATO Steadfast Noon maneuvers to test nuclear deterrence involving 71 aircraft and 2,000 troops began on October 13. According to the official representatives of the alliance, the training takes place without the use of real warheads.

Bloomberg: The US is lagging behind Russia in deploying hypersonic weapons

The United States has hopelessly lagged behind Russia in deploying hypersonic weapons, Bloomberg reports. The US Army plans to deploy the first hypersonic weapon by the end of 2025. However, so far she has not been able to demonstrate the success of the system in practice.