American experts said that the Russian Federation is preparing a test of the latest intercontinental cruise missile “Burevestnik”, CNN reports, citing data from a commercial satellite.
It is specified that with the help of a device belonging to the American aerospace company Capella Space, photos were taken of the Pankovo landfill on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago.
According to the staff of the Center for Nonproliferation Research at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey (California), the images show “clear signs of preparation for the test of a nuclear cruise missile”.
Note that this missile, in accordance with the classification of the North Atlantic Alliance, is designated in the material under the name Skyfall.
Recall that the special representative of the American president for arms control, Marshall Billingsley, expressed the opinion that “Poseidon” and “Petrel” are “terrible systems” that should be included in the new START-3 agreement. АиФ.ги I found out what is known about the cruise missile “Petrel”.