Advanced Strategic Weapons and Tri-component Nuclear Force Exercise: Russia’s 2025 Strategic Signals and the 9M730 “Burevestnik” Cruise Missile

ABSTRACT The Russian Federation’s late October 2025 disclosures combined two strands of strategic messaging: an integrated exercise of the strategic nuclear triad and a claimed long-duration flight test of the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, described by President Vladimir Putin and General Valery Gerasimov as capable of bypassing missile defences after covering 14,000 km in … Leggi tutto Advanced Strategic Weapons and Tri-component Nuclear Force Exercise: Russia’s 2025 Strategic Signals and the 9M730 “Burevestnik” Cruise Missile