Russia announced a successful test of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile on October 21, with the weapon flying for 15 hours and traveling 14,000 kilometers. President Vladimir Putin described it as having "unlimited range," though experts including Pavel Podvig of the Russian Nuclear Forces Project and Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute question its practicality and estimated $10 billion cost, calling it an expensive weapon with "doubtful practical value" i
