Russia This past weekend he presented his nuevo . He himself is nuclear powered and is found designed to fly at low altitudemaking it difficult to be detected by air defense systems.
The president of Russia, , has taken pride in the development of the Burevestnik, ensuring that it has capabilities that make it “a unique weapon that no one else in the world has.”
The new cruise missile has recently completed some tests in which it has covered 14,000 kilometers in about 15 hoursthat is, almost double the distance that separates Moscow from Washington. In fact, the commander of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, has highlighted that the Burevestnik has a practically unlimited range.
For his part, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskovhas stressed that these tests with the new cruise missile represent a demonstration of Russia’s determination to “ensure its own security […] especially in the context of the militaristic sentiment we are currently hearing, mainly from Europeans.”
However, as stated los western analysts They point out that the cruise missile does not provide Russia with real strategic advantages at the military levelso it has no use.
Specifically, what defense experts indicate is that the Burevestnik contributes very little to the current Russian arsenal, so in reality It is more of a political announcement than a military innovation.
In that sense, Pavel Podvigsenior researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, has highlighted, in statements to which “The main reason no one else has tried to build something like this is that there really is no use for it.”
