Russian propagandists are trumpeting the “successful test” of the Burevestnik missile — a cruise missile with a nuclear-powered engine that supposedly gives it unlimited range. Similar claims of wonder weapons have been made before and each time they should first be treated as an element of a political game. Any serious unfriendly move by the United States or other Western countries traditionally elicits a response from the Kremlin. Such demonstrations are intended to show that Russia is always ready to answer symmetrically or even asymmetrically. That has happened repeatedly.
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