"Days earlier, she said Moscow was forced to develop and test the cruise missile, which is named the Burevestnik, meaning storm petrel a type of seabird, in response to NATO's hostility towards Russia. The development can be characterised as forced and takes place to maintain strategic balance, she was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying. Russia has to respond to NATO's increasingly destabilising actions in the field of missile defence."
"With much pomp, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday handed state awards to Burevestnik's developers. Also awarded were the designers of Poseidon, an underwater nuclear-powered torpedo which Putin has also claimed has been successfully tested. Russia says Poseidon can carry nuclear weapons that cause radioactive tsunamis, wiping out huge coastal areas. The super torpedo can move at the speed of 200km/h (120mph) and zigzag its way to avoid interception, it says."
Nuclear-powered cruise missile Burevestnik and underwater torpedo Poseidon are promoted as strategic, game-changing weapons with unprecedented capabilities. The cruise missile is described as able to reach anywhere on Earth and bypass the most sophisticated air and missile defence systems, and its development is presented as a forced response to NATO hostility and missile-defence actions to maintain strategic balance. State awards were presented to the developers of both systems after reported tests. Poseidon is described as capable of carrying nuclear warheads that could cause radioactive tsunamis, travelling at about 200 km/h with zigzag manoeuvres to avoid interception, while Burevestnik is claimed to surpass all known missile systems in flight range. Military and nuclear experts remain sceptical about the efficiency and lethality of the new weapons amid ongoing hostilities.
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