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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.
Russia has successfully tested its new nuclear-powered cruise missile, the Burevestnik. This advanced weapon, designated SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO, boasts unlimited range and can evade all current air defense systems.
Russia says the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) - dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO - is "invincible" to current and future missile defences, with an almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.
"We can confirm that Russia has conducted a new test launch of the long-range cruise missile Skyfall (Burevestnik) on Novaya Zemlya," Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensoenes, head of Norway's Intelligence Service, told Reuters in an emailed statement.