{"id":349242,"date":"2025-11-04T16:36:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349242"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:06:03","slug":"burevestnik-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/burevestnik-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Burevestnik Missile\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Russia recently announced a successful test of the Burevestnik (9M730).<\/p>\n<h2>About Burevestnik Missile<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349259\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-349259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Sputnik-India.jpg?resize=367%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Sputnik-India.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Sputnik-India.jpg?resize=768%2C756&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Sputnik-India.jpg?w=878&amp;ssl=1 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Sputnik India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The missile\u2019s name means<strong> <em>\u201cstorm petrel\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 a bird symbolizing an approaching storm.<\/li>\n<li>NATO refers to it as <strong>SSC-X-9 Skyfall<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>President <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> first revealed it in <strong>March 2018<\/strong> as part of Russia\u2019s next-generation strategic weapons.<\/li>\n<li>It is believed to be<strong> powered by a<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"945\">mini nuclear reactor<\/strong> that activates after initial launch using <strong data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1011\">solid-fuel boosters<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is designed to have <strong>unlimited range<\/strong> and <strong>unpredictable flight paths<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is capable of <strong>evading existing missile defence systems<\/strong> due to its low altitude and unpredictable trajectory.<\/li>\n<li>It can theoretically fly for <strong>many hours or even days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Reportedly, it can fly <strong data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1103\">between 10,000 and 20,000 km<\/strong>, potentially reaching any target in the <strong data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1173\">continental United States<\/strong> from within Russia.<\/li>\n<li>It can fly <strong data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1249\">as low as 50 to 100 metres above ground<\/strong>, making radar detection and interception extremely difficult.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Working mechanism\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The missile is powered by a <strong>miniaturized nuclear reactor<\/strong> instead of conventional fuel.<\/li>\n<li>The reactor <strong>heats incoming air<\/strong> to create thrust, similar to a jet engine.<\/li>\n<li>As long as the reactor operates<strong>, the missile can stay in flight indefinitely.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Russia recently announced a successful test of the Burevestnik (9M730). About Burevestnik Missile It is a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile. The missile\u2019s name means \u201cstorm petrel\u201d \u2014 a bird symbolizing an approaching storm. NATO refers to it as SSC-X-9 Skyfall. President Vladimir Putin first revealed it in March 2018 as part of Russia\u2019s next-generation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/burevestnik-missile\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Burevestnik Missile\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,164,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-349242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}