{"id":15568,"date":"2025-11-03T11:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15568"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:26:55","slug":"burevestnik-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/burevestnik-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Burevestnik Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Burevestnik Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Russian President recently announced that Russia had tested its Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Burevestnik Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Burevestnik, whose name translates as <\/span><b>\u201cstorm petrel\u201c,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>ground-launched, low-flying cruise missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is not only capable of <\/span><b>carrying a nuclear warhead <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but is <\/span><b>also nuclear-powered.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>developed by Russia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of six strategic weapons that the Russian President introduced in a 2018 speech.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>code-named \u2018SSC-X-9 Skyfall\u2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/north-atlantic-treaty-organisation-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Burevestnik Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> powered by a small nuclear reactor, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which heats up air to propel the missile forward.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its nuclear propulsion <\/span><b>gives the missile much longer range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than traditional turbojet or turbofan engines that are limited by how much fuel they can carry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That propulsion gives it <\/span><b>virtually unlimited range,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allowing it to <\/span><b>loiter for days, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><b>ircling the enemy\u2019s air defenses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and attacking from an unexpected direction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The missile is also designed to <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">fly at low altitudes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, much lower than a conventionally powered cruise missile, which would <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">make it harder for air-defence radar to detect.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-global\/burevestnik-missile-russia-10340161\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burevestnik Missile is a ground-launched, low-flying cruise missile developed by Russia. 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