Russia's Nuclear-Powered 'Skyfall' Missile Is Even Scarier Than It Sounds
A new report from two MIT researchers attempts to dig into the specifics of a shadowy Russian weapons program they call Burevestnik, and which NATO refers to as Skyfall. The report shows that the missile's nuclear engine offers near-unlimited range—and that's not even the worst part.
The report does say that the technology is likely still too shaky to be credibly used, though, in many ways, its problems become a non-issue when you've already decided to launch a nuclear weapon. Skyfall could be loaded with a conventional bomb, but it's questionable why that would be worth the effort.
Nuclear-powered missiles have been a research project since the 1960s, with NASA launching Project Pluto and the US military pursuing far more. Based on what we know, America has done far more work on this topic than Russia, though in all likelihood, the US does not have any such projects ongoing today.
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