Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered cruise missile named the Burevestnik, which has reportedly travelled a distance of 14,000 km and remained in the air for nearly 15 hours, reported Reuters citing said country’s top general. The test took place on October 21, and the confirmation was given by the general to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, the report mentioned.

“The missile travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours, General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces , told Putin, it added.

Reacting to the development, Putin had called the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) – dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO – “invincible” to current and future missile defences. In his Sunday address, Putin, dresse

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