Russia tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile , a nuclear-capable weapon President Vladimir Putin said can evade any defence system, marking a step toward future deployment.

Russia’s top general, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, told Putin that the missile travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours when it was tested on October 21.

‘Invincible’

Russia says the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel)—dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO—is “invincible” to current and future missile defences, with an almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.

“It is a unique ware that nobody else in the world has,” Putin, dressed in camouflage fatigues at a command point meeting with generals overseeing the war in Ukr

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