A recent explosion during what experts say was likely a Russian nuclear-powered missile test indicates Moscow could be trialing dangerous technology in an attempt to beat U.S. missile defenses.
banning ground-based nuclear weapons of a certain range. The New Start treaty, which limits long-range nuclear weapons, is set to expire in February 2021 unless renewed.
Russia's defense ministry initially said two people had been killed, before Rosatom announced the death of five of its scientists. It was not clear what the final death toll was.The weapon likely being tested last week according to Lewis, Narang and other experts, is called the Burevestnik, which translates as"petrel," a type of sea bird. NATO has dubbed it the SSC-X-9 Skyfall.
"As you no doubt understand, no other country has developed anything like this,” he added. “There will be something similar one day but by that time our guys will have come up with something even better."The United States is learning much from the failed missile explosion in Russia. We have similar, though more advanced, technology. The Russian “Skyfall” explosion has people worried about the air around the facility, and far beyond.
Cheryl Rofer, a retired chemist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the birthplace of the atomic bomb in New Mexico, believes Putin will never succeed. In his announcement last year, Putin made no secret of why he's so intent on reviving a technology that has been discredited by scientists for decades as dangerous and irresponsible. He sees it as the necessary weapon to beat potential advances in U.S. missile defenses.
"I would not count on our national missile defenses to intercept even a single incoming North Korean ICBM right now," he said."But what worries Russia is not necessarily it working today, but working in the future."
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