{"id":15568,"date":"2026-06-24T11:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15568"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:17:52","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;\">Russia\u2019s mysterious Burevestnik cruise missile, known to NATO as SSC-X-9 Skyfall, recently returned to the spotlight after new research suggested the weapon may leave a trail of radioactive material in its wake as it flies. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Burevestnik Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Burevestnik, whose name translates as <\/span><b>\u201cstorm petrel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c, is a <\/span><b>ground-launched, low-flying nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed by <\/span><b>Russia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world&#8217;s first nuclear-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cruise-missile-vs-ballistic-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">cruise missile<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>NATO refers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to it as the<\/span><b> SSC-X-9 Skyfall.\u00a0<\/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 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by a small<\/span><b> nuclear reactor,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>heats up air to propel the missile forward.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its nuclear propulsion gives the missile much<\/span><b> 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 virtually <\/span><b>unlimited range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>allowing it to loiter for days, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">circling the enemy\u2019s air defenses and attacking from an unexpected direction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is also <\/span><b>designed to fly at low altitudes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> much lower than a conventionally powered cruise missile, which would make it <\/span><b>harder for air-defence radar to detect.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/military\/russia-skyfall-nuclear-missile-explained\" 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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