UK Chief Of Defense Intelligence Issues Warning That Russia's Skyfall Missile Is A Serious Nuclear Threat

Russia's Skyfall missile would be able to fly around the Earth for years and could launch a nuclear strike at any moment

Daily Mail: Russia's new Skyfall missile will be able to fly around Earth for YEARS and ready to launch nuclear strike at any moment, Britain's defence intelligence chief warns

* Skyfall missile can 'attack from unexpected directions,' says Defence chief
* Accident involving the missile caused radiation spike and left at least five dead
* Russian president Vladimir Putin has called it 'a radically new type of weaponry'

Russia's new Skyfall missile will be able to fly around Earth for years and launch a nuclear strike at any moment, Britain's defence intelligence chief has warned.

The 9M730 Burevestnik missile, also known as Skyfall by Nato, has been linked to the deaths of at least five scientists in an accident in Nyonoksa, north eastern Russia, that caused a radiation spike 'one thousand times higher than lethal,' last August.

Britain's Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lt Gen Jim Hockenhull, told a media briefing: 'Moscow is testing a subsonic nuclear-powered cruise missile system which has global reach and would allow attack from unexpected directions'.

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WNU Editor: These warnings from the UK Defense Ministry may be a little bit premature. There have been problems with this missile .... U.S. Intelligence: Mysterious Russian Explosion Was Triggered By Recovery Mission Of Nuclear-Powered Missile, Not A Test (September 1, 2019).

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