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'''Burevestnik''' (''Bur-ev-est-nik'' - ''Storm Petrel or Storm Bringer'') (GRAU index - 9M730, [[NATO]] reporting name - SSC-X-9 Skyfall) is a [[nuclear]] power [[cruise missile]] developed by the [[Russian Federation]] with virtually unlimited range.
'''Burevestnik''' (''Bur-ev-est-nik'' - ''Storm Petrel or Storm Bringer'') (GRAU index - 9M730, [[NATO]] reporting name - SSC-X-9 Skyfall) is a [[nuclear]] power [[cruise missile]] developed by the [[Russian Federation]] with virtually unlimited range.
On October 25, 2024 Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces [[Gen. Valery Gerasimov]] announced testing had been completed on October 21, 2025. The Burevestik traveled 14,000 kilometers for 15 hours and could have kept travelling further. ''Military Watch Magazine'' asserted that Burevestnik could "lurk in the sky for years" before striking unpredictably.
On October 25, 2024 Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces [[Gen. Valery Gerasimov]] announced testing had been completed on October 21, 2025. The Burevestik traveled 14,000 kilometers for 15 hours and could have kept travelling further at about Mach 8.5 or 9. ''Military Watch Magazine'' asserted that Burevestnik could "lurk in the sky for years" before striking unpredictably.
Because of Burevestik's ability to change course and go around [[radar]] detection systems, Burevestik makes the proposed $175 Billion [[Golden Dome]] [[missile defense]] program, as envisioned in the spring of 2025,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-make-golden-dome-announcement-tuesday-us-official-says-2025-05-20/ Trump selects $175 billion Golden Dome defense shield design, appoints leader], By Mike Stone and Jeff Mason, ''[[Reuters]]'', May 20, 2025. reuters.com</ref> obsolete before it even makes it off the drawing board.<ref>Golden Dome, as proposed in the spring of 2025, wouldn't be ready for deployment before 2029.</ref>
Because of Burevestik's ability to change course and go around [[radar]] detection systems, Burevestik makes the proposed $175 Billion [[Golden Dome]] [[missile defense]] program, as envisioned in the spring of 2025,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-make-golden-dome-announcement-tuesday-us-official-says-2025-05-20/ Trump selects $175 billion Golden Dome defense shield design, appoints leader], By Mike Stone and Jeff Mason, ''[[Reuters]]'', May 20, 2025. reuters.com</ref> obsolete before it even makes it off the drawing board.<ref>Golden Dome, as proposed in the spring of 2025, wouldn't be ready for deployment before 2029.</ref>