Researchers have discovered the location of the Russian missile with a nuclear engine.

American researchers have found the location where the new Russian missile with a nuclear engine "Burevestnik", which Putin announced in 2018, might be located. The missile is known in NATO as SSC-X-9 Skyfall. This was reported by Reuters.

CNA analyst Decker Eveleth believes that nine horizontal launch pads, presumably intended for this missile, are being built at this location.

He claims that this is the ideal place for a large stationary missile system, namely for "Burevestnik".

Despite Putin's claims of successful tests, Western experts remain doubtful about the effectiveness and strategic value of this missile.

They emphasize the high risks of radiation disasters and believe that the missile will not bring significant new capabilities to Russia but could pose a threat to the country.

This "Skyfall" weapon system is a uniquely foolish system, a flying Chernobyl, which poses a greater threat to Russia itself than to other countries

Thus declared former senior State Department official Thomas Countryman, referencing the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

Furthermore, the nuclear engine of this missile poses a risk of radiation release during its flight, and the missile's deployment is associated with the risk of an accident that could contaminate the surrounding region

Experts estimate that the technical characteristics of the "Burevestnik" missile remain unknown. However, they assume that a small solid-fuel rocket is used for launch, which supplies air to the engine with a miniature nuclear reactor.

This air is heated and possibly becomes radioactive, after which it is expelled to create thrust.

The expected range of the "Burevestnik" will be about 23,000 km, which is more than that of the newest Russian intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat", which reaches over 17,700 km. However, due to the subsonic speed, the "Burevestnik" can be detected by air defense systems.