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Putin: Sane People Won't Attack Russia with Nuclear Weapons

Putin: Sane People Won't Attack Russia with Nuclear Weapons Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP/Alexey Babushkin) Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country had successfully tested a powerful new generation strategic missile, on Thursday (5/10).  Putin also refused to rule out the possibility of conducting a weapons test involving a nuclear explosion for the first time in more than three decades.  He said Moscow had for the first time successfully tested the Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable cruise missile with a potential range of thousands of miles.  Putin said for the first time that Moscow had successfully tested the Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile with a potential range of thousands of miles.  He revealed at an annual meeting of analysts and journalists that Russia had nearly completed work on the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile system, another key element of its new generation of nuclear weap