Report: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous - NPR

Technology and ScienceBy Geoff Brumfiel6/18/20261 min read

MIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea."

Loading... Sometime on Oct. 21 of last year, high above the Arctic Circle, a lone missile shot skyward from a Russian island. The missile flew northeast and then banked and began flying in loops f

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