Putin's new nuclear-powered cruise missile, one of his so-called 'super weapons,' is unnecessary but not totally useless, nuclear weapons expert says

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A Russian Topol-M ICBM drives across Red Square in a Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, 2008.
A Russian Topol-M ICBM drives across Red Square in a Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, 2008. An expert told Insider, weapons like these get the job done, making the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile unnecessary.

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Putin says Russia got its troubled nuclear-powered cruise missile to work after years of failure and a deadly disaster

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Tests of a cruise missile with a Burevestnik nuclear engine.
Tests of the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile.

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