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Russia is preparing for new tests of the “flying Chernobyl” — all previous attempts were unsuccessful
Military ships of the Russian Federation have appeared in the area of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, and part of the region’s airspace and waters were temporarily closed. According to the analytical group AviVector, all this may indicate preparation for new tests of Russia’s cruise missile Burevestnik with a nuclear power plant.
The Burevestnik is being developed as a missile with virtually unlimited range thanks to a nuclear reactor. As The Barents Observer notes, in the West it is sometimes called the “flying Chernobyl” because of repeated accidents that could cause radioactive contamination. Thus, each of the 13 known tests in 2017–2019 years ended in failure: the missile either failed to launch, went out of control, or crashed.
