Russia Declares Burevestnik Test Program Complete, Promotes Dual‑Use Payoffs

Overview

• Russia’s General Staff said the nuclear‑powered cruise missile flew for about 15 hours over roughly 14,000 kilometers and executed assigned vertical and horizontal maneuvers.
• Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the technologies behind the missile have applied value for the national economy, including energy projects in the Arctic and the country’s lunar program.
• Military space expert Evgeny Babichev said radiation‑hardened electronics developed for the missile are attractive for lunar efforts, noting surface doses are nearly twice those on the ISS and about 200 times higher than on Earth.
• Asia Times commentator Gabriel Onrada argued the system could call U.S. security guarantees into question and push Washington toward expensive missile‑defense investments.
• State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said creating Burevestnik enabled tests of the Poseidon underwater system and described the weapon as having no equal.