VLADIMIR Putin has successfully test-launched a terrifying nuclear “Skyfall” missile – and started preparations for its deployment.
The Russian president said his menacing 9M730 Burevestnik missile was a “weapon of unlimited range powered by a nuclear engine”.
It travelled for 14,000km and was in the air for about 15 hours, top Russian army general Valery Gerasimov said.
Putin also boasted his new weapon was “invincible” in the face of current and future missile defence systems.
Dubbed SSC-X-9 Skyfall by Nato, the Burevestnik missile is about 12 metres long and carries a thermonuclear warhead.
It is now in its last stage of development before it will deployed to the frontlines, Putin said.
The Russian despot made the bombshell announcement during a visit to a command post of the Russian army on Sunday.
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