Charles Mainz
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ordered its integration into Russia's defenses.
Nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable, Brevesnik is one of a crop of next-generation Russian weapons that Moscow claims are invincible to all existing air defenses.
In the video, Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, tells Putin the missile maneuvered for nearly 15 hours during its test launch,
The exercise comes as Putin has vowed Russia will not bend to Western pressure over Ukraine.
It also comes just months before the last remaining nuclear arms reduction treaty with the U.S.
is set to expire.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
In a video released by the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the successful test of the Budovestnik cruise missile and ordered its integration into Russia's defenses.
Nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable, Budovestnik is one of a crop of next-generation Russian weapons that
that Moscow claims are invincible to all existing air defenses.
In the video, Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, tells Putin the missile maneuvered for nearly 15 hours during its test launch.
The exercise comes as Putin has vowed Russia will not bend to Western pressure over Ukraine.
It also comes just months before the last remaining nuclear arms reduction treaty with the U.S.
is set to expire.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
Video released by the Kremlin showed Putin overseeing tests of Russia's entire nuclear triad by air, land, and sea.
That included the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, part of what Russia's top brass says are practice procedures for authorizing the actual use of nuclear weapons.
While the drills were long planned, they followed the postponement of a summit meeting between Putin and Trump,
Aimed at finding a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, they also come as the last remaining nuclear arms reduction treaty between the U.S.
and Russia is set to expire in early 2026.
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