Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says
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The U.S. and the Soviet Union worked on nuclear-powered rocket engines during the Cold War, but they eventually shelved the projects, considering them too hazardous.
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Little is known about the Burevestnik, which was code-named Skyfall by NATO, and many Western experts have been skeptical about it, noting that a nuclear engine could be highly unreliable.
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had successfully tested a potent new strategic missile and declined to rule out the possibility it could carry out weapons tests involving nuclear explosions for the first time in more than three decades.
The U.S. and the Soviet Union worked on nuclear-powered rocket engines during the Cold War, but they eventually shelved the projects, considering them too hazardous.
Russian leaders reports successful trial of Burevestnik weapon, notes US has not ratified Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Russia could cancel its own ratification
The Burevestnik is a "stupid weapon system," but Moscow's signal that it may soon return to atomic testing was more worrisome, one analyst told NBC News.
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