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Is Russia’s ‘flying Chornobyl’ a real threat?

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Is Russia’s ‘flying Chornobyl’ a real threat?

On Oct. 21, Russia announced a successful test of Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered cruise missile with a claimed “unlimited range.” Moscow said the missile flew 14,000 kilometers (8,699 miles) over 15 hours. The Kyiv Independent’s Chris York spoke with Pavel Podvig, the Geneva-based nuclear arms control expert and the director of the Russian Nuclear Forces research project, to learn whether this "super-weapon’ poses a new threat.

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Chris York

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Chris York is news operations editor at the Kyiv Independent. Before joining the team, he was head of news at the Kyiv Post. Previously, back in Britain, he spent nearly a decade working for HuffPost UK. He holds an MA in Conflict, Development, and Security from the University of Leeds.

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