DONALD Trump has blasted Vladimir Putin over his recent nuclear missile test – and fired a fierce warning at him to end the war.
Vlad announced a new super weapon dubbed the “Flying Chernobyl” had been successfully test-launched – and would soon be ready for battle.
Trump said in response: “He ought to get the war (in Ukraine) ended.
“A war that should have taken one week is now soon in its fourth year. That’s what he ought to do instead of testing missiles.”
He also warned: “They know we have a nuclear submarine, the best in the world, right off their coast. It doesn’t need to fly 8,000 miles.
“They’re not playing games with us. We’re not playing games with them either.”
Trump also hinted further sanctions could be on they way.
When asked whether Putin would be hit with any further measures, Trump replied: “You’ll find out.”
Putin announced over the weekend that his menacing 9M730 Burevestnik missile – codenamed “Skyfall” by Nato – had been successfully test launched.
He boasted it was a “weapon of unlimited range powered by a nuclear engine”, and said it could fly for days.
“Skyfall” was previously described by top State Department official Thomas Countryman as a “uniquely stupid weapon system”.
He called the Burevestnik a “flying Chernobyl that poses more threat to Russia than it does to other countries” due to its deadly radioactive trail.
It completed a 14,000km flight and 15 hours on the wing, according to a top Russian general.
The nuke-powered cruise missile is about 12 metres long and carries a thermonuclear warhead.
It was first unveiled in 2018 – and was one of six Russia “super weapons” hailed by Putin.
Its sister projects include the Satan 2 nuclear missile, the Zircon, Avangard and Kinzhal hypersonic weapons, and the Poseidon submarine nuclear drone.
He previously claimed it was “invincible” in the face of current and and even future missile defence systems.
Until the most recent launch, the Burevestnik had just two partial successes out of 13 known tests, according to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
The bungling setbacks included an unexpected 2019 blast during a botched recovery following a prototype crash, State Department records say.
But it is now in its last stage of development having overcome its issues and will soon be deployed to the front line, Putin said on Sunday.
