"A major stage
of trials of the cruise missile of the Burevestnik complex, the tests of the
nuclear power unit, were successfully completed at one of facilities in
January," he said.
MOSCOW, February 16.
/TASS/. The tests of the compact nuclear power unit for cruise missile Burevestnik
have been successfully competed in Russia, a source in the missile producing
industry told TASS.
"A major stage
of trials of the cruise missile of the Burevestnik complex, the tests of the
nuclear power unit, were successfully completed at one of facilities in
January," he said.
The trials
"sustained stated specifications of the reactor ensuring the missile’s
unlimited range," the source added.
No official
confirmation of the information provided by the source has been obtained by
TASS.
In March 2018,
President Vladimir Putin said Russia had developed a compact high-power nuclear
engine intended for air-launched cruise missiles and sea-launched cruise
missiles. Such a low-flying stealth CM armed with a special warhead features
almost unlimited range, non-predictable trajectory and high air defense
penetration capacity and cannot be intercepted by all existing missile defense
and air defense assets.
Source: ITAR-TASS
17-02-2019
