Putin's New Wonder Weapon Flunks Tests

Nuclear-powered missile crashes -- four times...

Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin bragged earlier this year that his country had a new nuclear-powered missile with unlimited range -- but it has yet to perform a successful test over multiple attempts, according to sources with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report on the weapons program, Amanda Marcus reports on cbnc.com.

The cruise missile was tested four times between November and February, each resulting in a crash, according to sources who spoke to CNBC on condition of anonymity, Marcus wrote.

The U.S. assessed that the longest test flight lasted just more than two minutes, with the missile flying 22 miles before losing control and crashing.  The shortest test lasted four seconds and flew for five miles, she added.

For more: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/05/21/russian-missile-with-unlimited-range-crashed-after-only-22-miles.html

For another report on the new missile: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5kp5x/russias-new-unlimited-range-nuclear-cruise-missile-can-fly-just-22-miles?utm_source=vicenewsfb

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