Russia Revives 1964 US Nuclear Cruise Missile Concept; August 2019 Test Killed Five Scientists

According to MIT analysis and reports from Rosatom, Russia has revived Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered cruise missile concept the United States shelved in 1964 due to radioactive exhaust risks. On August 8, 2019, a test of the missile in the White Sea resulted in an explosion that killed five Rosatom scientists, according to reports linked by the Bellona Foundation. MIT researchers describe the 9.5-meter missile as using a direct-cycle nuclear turbojet design where air flows through a reactor core, heats from fission, then exits as propulsion, potentially releasing radioactive argon, krypton, and carbon isotopes.
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