Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed new details about the nuclear reactor powering the Burevestnik cruise missile, claiming it can launch “within minutes and seconds.” Speaking during a visit to the Mandryka military hospital,

President Vladimir Putin hailed the first long distance test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile that he said has no equal in the West.

With unlimited range and near-absolute stealth, the Burevestnik 9M730 missile not only changes the game in the arms race but also poses a major challenge to modern air defense systems in the world.

EADaily, October 27th, 2025. Norway has confirmed the tests of the Russian cruise missile of unlimited range "Burevestnik" with a nuclear power plant. This was reported on October 27 by Reuters, citing data from the Norwegian Military Intelligence Service.

While proponents like Valery Gerasimov claim it can overcome missile defenses and challenge the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine, some experts express skepticism

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed the first combat use of Ukraine’s homegrown “Flamingo” and “Ruta” missiles, marking a major step in Kyiv’s bid for self-reliant defense amid dwindling Western aid.

Russia has unveiled another nuclear-capable weapon — the Poseidon Underwater Drone, a nuclear-powered system capable of carrying massive warheads across oceans undetected. This comes just days after President Vladimir Putin flaunted the Burevestnik nuclear missile test,

Belarus is preparing to take a historic and dangerous step — the deployment of Russia’s Oreshnik missile system, a new generation of intermediate-range, hypersonic weapons that Moscow claims are “impossible to intercept.