Are Russia's Failed Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Tests The Reason Why There Has Been Radiation Spikes In Europe?

A map that French nuclear safety institute IRSN released in November 2017 showing a spike in the levels of ruthenium-106, with the darker spots indicating a greater increase compared to normal levels. Russia is shaded in dark gray. IRSN

The War Zone/The Drive: U.S. Has Been Secretly Watching Russia's Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missiles Crash and Burn

Successful or not, if Russia is test flying these weapons, this means it has been repeatedly crashing nuclear reactors into the ground or the ocean.

Following Russian claims that it is developing a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, there are reports that the U.S. government has been actively spying on this work and that some or all of the test flights have failed. This, in turn, raises questions about the safety and viability of such a weapon, as well as why American officials would keep this knowledge a secret.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin publicly announced the as yet unnamed missile in an annual speech on March 1, 2018. The Kremlin says it successfully tested one of the weapons near the end of 2017 and released video footage claiming to show the launch and it in flight. So far, Russian authorities have not released any other significant details about the weapon’s configuration or capabilities, though Putin implied that the final design would be broadly similar in size and shape to the existing, conventionally-powered Kh-101 cruise missile.

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WNU Editor: These missile tests always end with the missile crashing somewhere. But to purposely use one with a nuclear component in it .... knowing that it would crash and spread radiation .... words escape me.