Russia’s Mystery Missile

[Bayan]

At least seven people were killed by a mysterious explosion in northern Russia, and U.S. officials believe it happened during the test of a prototype for a nuclear-propelled cruise missile. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has hailed the weapon as the centerpiece of Moscow’s arms race with the United States — but what will this mean for an arms race that both countries want to win? Guest: David E. Sanger (https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-e-sanger), a national security correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).

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Intelligence officials suspect the blast involved a prototype known as Skyfall (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/world/europe/russia-nuclear-explosion-accident.html?smid=pc-thedaily), a missile that Mr. Putin has boasted can reach any corner of the earth and evade American missile defenses (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/world/europe/russia-nuclear-accident-putin.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
As the death toll has risen from the explosion, Russia’s silence and contradictory accounts have conjured dark memories of Chernobyl (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/world/europe/russia-nuclear-reactor-explosion-response.html?smid=pc-thedaily).


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