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“The latest successful test of the Burevestnik, a global-range cruise missile with a nuclear propulsion system, has been carried out,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told attendees of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday.
“Today, we have almost wrapped up work on the modern types of strategic weapons which I announced and spoke about several years ago,” Putin said, referring his March 2018 speech to lawmakers, during which the president unveiled the Burevestnik and other new strategic weapons designed to ensure global strategic stability amid US moves to surround Russia with missile defenses with offensive capabilities, and Pentagon planning aimed at neutralizing the Russian nuclear deterrent.
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What Prompted the Burevestnik’s Development?
Developed alongside other advanced strategic weapons, including the Poseidon nuclear-powered torpedo, the Avangard hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic quasi-ballistic missile, and the Peresvet laser complex, the Burevestnik is one component of Russia’s multilayered response to the George W. Bush administration’s decision in 2002 to walk out on the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Reagan’s “Star Wars” in reverse? Deep irony if it does bankrupt us..
“Deep Irony” indeed.
Weimar Germany 2.0 but with Wi-Fi and social disruptions baked in.
Hard to bribe and bankrupt uncooperative nations with Monopoly Money Economy, eh?