Its military intelligence service said last week’s test of the new long-range nuclear-powered cruiser Burevestnik (‘Sea Walker’) took place from the Novaya Zemlya (Newfoundland) archipelago in the Barents Sea.
“We can confirm that Russia conducted a test launch of the long-range Skyfall (Burevestnik) cruise missile from Newfoundland,” Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stenshoens, head of Norway’s intelligence service, said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
The “invisible” rocket crossed 14,000 km in 15 hours
According to the briefing made by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian National Defense Valery Gerasimov to President Vladimir Putin, the missile traveled a distance of 14,000 kilometers and was in the air for about 15 hours.
Putin has stated that the 9M730 Burevestnik missile is “invisible” to current and future missile defense systems, with an almost unlimited range and an unpredictable flight path.
The new nuclear-powered missile (SSC-X-9 Skyfall, according to the NATO code name) can carry a nuclear warhead.
In remarks yesterday, Putin, dressed in camouflage, told Gerasimov that critical tests of the Burevestnik had been completed and that work would begin on the final stage before the missiles were deployed.
