
Posted: 3rd November 2025
Russian ‘post-doomsday’ nuclear-powered missile escalates standoff
with US. ast Sunday, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had successfully
tested a missile powered by a nuclear engine – one capable of having a
nuclear warhead strapped to the front. The news didn’t seem to please
Donald Trump, who said it was “not appropriate”. Given his tendency to
superlatives, such moderate tones can instil a certain sort of dread. The
Burevestnik missile – named in Russian after a storm petrel, a small
black-and-white seabird – was launched in the far east of the country,
and flew for 15 hours, Russia said, covering 14,000km (8,700 miles).
The Observer 1st Nov 2025
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/russian-test-of-post-doomsday-nuclear-powered-missile-escalates-standoff-with-us