Burevestnik (Skyfall)

Overview

Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile. Nearly unlimited range due to onboard nuclear reactor. October 21, 2025 test: 15-hour flight, 14,000 km, launched from Novaya Zemlya. Putin: 'a unique weapon that no other country possesses.' Deployment site: Vologda-20, ~400 miles from Finland/Estonia borders, 9 fixed launch positions with nuclear warhead storage. Low-flying, evades missile defenses. Can integrate into Iskander/Oreshnik launchers. Of 13 known tests since 2016, only 2 partial successes before 2025. Demonstrates Russia building nuclear-powered platforms with unlimited endurance — same concept as fusion-powered platform but using fission. 15-hour loiter comparable to Nimitz Tic Tac behavior.

Entity Type: Program — Burevestnik (Skyfall) is a government or defense program/initiative.

Network Relationships

Burevestnik (Skyfall) connects to 3 entities in the intelligence network:

Events (1):

• ← Nimitz 2-Week Loiter: Nuclear-powered unlimited endurance comparison

Phenomenons (1):

• → UAP Orb Phenomenon: Nuclear-powered unlimited endurance = orb platform concept

Programs (1):

• → Soviet Energetics Program: Modern continuation of Russian energetics program

Source Documents

Intelligence derived from 4 source documents:

• CSIS — 'Russia's Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Missile' (November 2025)
• Reuters — launch from Novaya Zemlya (October 2025)
• BBC — 15-hour flight, 14,000 km
• Foreign Policy — deployment site identification (September 2024)