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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Sunday that the Kremlin had successfully

00:03tested a new, invincible, nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile, with an alleged

00:09unlimited range.

00:10Putin touted the test of the supposed doomsday weapon known in Russia as the Burevestnik

00:15missile, claiming it was invincible and capable of bypassing all current and future missile

00:21defense systems.

00:23According to Putin's chief of the general staff of Russia's armed forces, Valery Gerasimov,

00:28the latest test of the missile flew in the air for 15 hours and covered a distance of

00:32about 8,700 miles.

00:35According to a 2019 report from the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the subsonic cruise missile

00:40is designed to be powered internally by a miniature nuclear power plant.

00:44The Burevestnik, which in English translates to announcer of the storm, could conceptually

00:49stay in the air between 24 and 48 hours.

00:53If it were to be tactically launched, the missile would carry a nuclear warhead and circle the

00:57earth at a low altitude to avoid missile defense systems.

01:01Experts have said it remains unclear if the missile boasts all of the advances that Putin

01:05claims.

01:06The Burevestnik has had a poor test record in recent years, with two partial successes

01:11documented among the 13 known tests.

01:13The system is intended to defeat a missile defense.

01:16And so the idea is because it can fly for basically an unlimited range, then it can fly around defenses.

01:22On the other hand, you could build more defenses or you could use aircraft to go intercept them.

01:28President Trump issued a chilling warning to Putin in response to the missile test, while

01:33repeatedly demanding the Russian tyrant end the war in Ukraine.

01:36Putin has previously declared that the Kremlin is free to use doomsday weapons against any

01:53nation, propped up by a nuclear power, a clear threat against NATO and the U.S. over their

01:59support of Ukraine.